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Spreading the Care

Tina Rosenberg

December 17, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Malawi, Lilongwe, Central Region

Hospitals in Bogota are saving premature babies through the cheap and accessible kangaroo care, where mothers wear their newborns on their chest. A foundation has been transplanting the concept to other hospitals internationally through training programs.

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The Human Incubator

Tina Rosenberg

December 13, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

A shortage of incubators in a Bogota hospital was causing rampant infections among newborns. Kangaroo care, a system where the infant's mother is employed as a human incubator, was created and solved the shortage problem.

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How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis

Tina Rosenberg

December 03, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Iran, Tehran

Two columns on how Iran is treating its massive epidemic of injecting drug use by tackling it as a health problem, effectively lowering H.I.V. rates among drug users using an approach to drugs known as harm reduction.

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An Enlightened Exchange in Iran

Tina Rosenberg

November 29, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Iran, Tehran, Tehran

Two columns on how Iran averted a major AIDS epidemic through needle exchange programs; a conservative theocracy is successfully treating drug abuse as if it were Amsterdam.

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A Safe Haven in Cartoon Confidants

David Bornstein

November 22, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

Children coming from abusive households are often reluctant to discuss their past experiences. A Mexican foundation is using animated characters to help abused and ill children speak about their lives.

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Green Strategies for the Poorest

Tina Rosenberg

November 19, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya, Elgeyo Marakwet

The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.

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Clean Water at No Cost? Just Add Carbon Credits

Tina Rosenberg

November 15, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya

The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.

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Fighting Bullying With Babies

David Bornstein

November 08, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

The Canadian federal government has identified bullying as a national problem. Roots of Empathy, based in Toronto, encourages empathy in elementary kids by having them interact with babies.

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Health Care and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

David Bornstein Tina Rosenberg

October 18, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Lesotho, Maseru

In a mountainous region of Lesotho, a man named Tsepo Kotelo visits 20 villages every week on his new motorcycle to provide health care to local villagers. The Elton John AIDS Foundation gifted the motorcycles to Kotelo and his colleagues, allowing them to increase the number of patients they visit by 600 percent. An organization called Riders for Health helps maintain the bikes, ensuring that remote villages will continue to receive medical care.

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A Healthier, More Efficient Way to Cook

Amy Yee

September 29, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

Clean cookstoves reduce emissions, use less fuel and cook faster than open fire hearths, offering people in developing countries an affordable way to create a healthier indoor environment. Although "plenty of work remains in raising awareness about indoor air pollution," one nonprofit has already sold over 150,000 cookstoves in India.

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