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  • How Mysuru became India's ‘cleanest city'

    November 17, 2016 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: India, Mysuru

    Mysuru has become a gleaming example for solutions to India's vaster struggles with solid-waste management, toilet construction, sanitation strategy, public outreach, and other measures. The city uses a decentralized model that leverages a mix of municipal resources, NGO leadership, civil society, and cooperation from proud residents and businesses.

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  • How Cuba came of age on early childhood development

    November 16, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Cuba, Havana

    The Cuban government provides optional early childhood care programs that are used by almost all Cuban children. They begin with prenatal care and focus on family involvement, healthcare, and education. The program is a source of pride for families. It's so successful that Unicef is working to scale it for other Latin American countries.

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  • A career close to home: Taos nursing program a model of workforce development

    November 14, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

    A UNM-Taos nursing program has been touted by the college and the hospital as a great example of workforce development in a community that has long struggled with economic development. As leaders continue to look for ways to diversify the economy beyond low-paying tourism and service industry gigs, the program might be one example of how to effectively merge education and workforce development.

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  • India's Life Savers

    November 10, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Cyclones or floods could not close Sneha Center for Suicide Prevention in South India. This volunteer-run clinic is in the country with the highest number of suicides in the world. It is open 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, offering confidential support to people in distress. Since its founding in 1986, Sneha has received more than 350,000 calls, as well as in-person visits, emails, and postcards.

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  • Can Flint be reborn through its public schools?

    November 08, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    Ninety percent of students in Flint, Michigan are economically disadvantaged and the city has a $10 million deficit. Yet through local partners, the schools have been able to offer community education system including extracurriculars and health care for residents of all ages.

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  • Colombia Is Hit Hard by Zika, but Not by Microcephaly

    October 31, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    In Brazil, more than 2,000 babies have been born with microcephaly, abnormally small heads and brain damage caused by the Zika virus. Colombia is the second hardest hit country by Zika but abortions lowered the microcephaly rate because of looser abortion laws and better informed mothers.

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  • Silver Linings: Medical residents make house calls for elders

    October 29, 2016 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    Emergency room visits cost money and are not the most comfortable places to be. The Massachusetts-based Medicare program called Independence at Home gives doctors incentives to visit frail patients at home and received a cut of the cost. The program also pairs patients with social workers and continues to save Medicare millions of dollars.

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  • Medicaid Finds Opportune Time to Offer Birth Control: Right After Birth

    October 28, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbia, South Carolina

    In South Carolina, a Medicaid program is offering long-acting contraceptives during a new mother’s hospital stay, while she is still eligible for the benefit. Other states are following suit.

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  • A Shallow Well Full of Hope for Women in Kenya's Lamu County

    October 28, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Lamu

    The amount of time women spend searching for water in Kenya is debilitating to their life. Shallow water wells closer to living spaces can help them reclaim some time to tend to their own lives.

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  • How solar power is turning rural India bright and shining

    October 27, 2016 |

    The Hindu Business Line |

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    Response Location: India

    India's lack of infrastructure and rapidly growing economy provide an opportunity for solar power. Modular solar products, many subsidized by the government, are helping to solve the lack of access to an electrical grid, and at the same time offering a safer, healthier, cheaper, environmentally friendly alternative.

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