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  • Malaria Deaths Dropped Below Half A Million In Past Year: WHO

    December 09, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

    The number of people killed by malaria dropped below half a million in the past year, reflecting vast progress against the mosquito-borne disease in some of the previously hardest-hit areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Mosquito nets have proven widely successful.

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  • Latinos Live Longest Despite Poverty. Here's Their Secret

    December 08, 2015 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    U.S. Hispanics who pass down a tradition of food, family, and healing are healthier. But as generations become more assimilated, many are adjusting to less healthy diets and habits.

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  • This One-Man NGO Is Saving Water One Drop at a Time

    December 08, 2015 |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    The Drop Dead Foundation, founded and headed up by an 80-year-old man in Mumbai, India, is fighting water waste by fixing leaks, one home at a time. With the world's most precious resource going to waste, lower-income homes in India simply do not have the resources to pay for plumbing services. This is where the foundation steps in.

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  • CPR Survival Rates Can Differ Greatly by City

    December 07, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Improvements in CPR remain underused in practice, with many doctors giving up too soon. As a result, survival rates after cardiac arrest vary as much as 500 percent across the country.

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  • The Story Behind the First-Ever Life Insurance Coverage for People With HIV

    December 07, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Up until 2015, people living with HIV in the U.S. could not buy term life insurance, outside of a few small-value employer policies. Æqualis, a new company in partnership with Prudential Financial, began offering 10- and 15-year life insurance policies to individual consumers to help them and to reduce stigmas surrounding the disease.

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  • Fresh-made meals a learning experience at schools

    December 05, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Most public schools lunches are cheap, frozen meals, which satisfy federal nutrition standards but kids don't eat them so student performance suffers. A school in Boston partnered with a non-profit to test entrees that are cheap, healthy, and that the students like.

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  • Medical Program Helps Ease Strain On Hospitals In Developing Countries

    December 04, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: India

    To help with the doctor shortage in India, a non-profit is training patients' family members to check pulses, supervise physical therapy, encourage a healthy diet, and administer medication to reduce readmission rates.

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  • 12 Strategies for Moving from Water Scarcity to Abundance

    December 03, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District

    Israel has an abundance of water and independence from climate conditions through public ownership and government management of all water, a water-respecting culture, and innovative agriculture practices.

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  • A Daily Dose of Ecotherapy Eases Stress in Kids

    November 25, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Ecotherapy is a term used to describe the positive impacts of using nature as a form of therapy for those experiencing psychological stressors. While this form of treatment is already being used to help veterans deal with PTSD, studies are also showing it may have similar benefits for children who are facing pressures.

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  • Amid Failure and Chaos, an Ebola Vaccine

    November 24, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado

    Westerners' fear of infection of Ebola motivated a vaccine in record time, but a preventive system put in place could ensure similar results for other viruses before they reach the same magnitude.

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