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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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The Burden of Thirst

Tina Rosenberg

April 01, 2010 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Foro, Konso

Foro, a village in southwestern Ethiopia, has suffered from drought conditions for years, leaving the little water the communities can access polluted with waste. While various water projects have been attempted only to be abandoned, groups are working to restore some of these projects by combining technologies with community involvement.

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If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It

David Leonhardt

November 03, 2009 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Brent James, chief quality officer at Intermountain Healthcare, came up with a system for regulating and improving healthcare in the Intermountain medical region and at other hospitals nationwide. He teaches a program called the Advanced Training Program that draws physicians and hospital administrators from all over the country. His method is simple; his team develops best care standards for an array of common medical ailments by regulating the care that is suggested to doctors, monitoring patient outcomes based on these practices, and refining the literature to be even more accurate.

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The Cost Conundrum

Atul Gawande

May 25, 2009 |

The New Yorker |

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Response Location: United States, McAllen, Texas

Studies show that spending more money on healthcare, past a certain level of care, worsens patient outcomes. Mayo Clinic has one of the highest-quality for the lowest cost healthcare systems in the nation. They achieve this by pooling all of the revenue from the hospital system and the doctors and paying everyone a salary, removing the incentive to increase personal revenue by increasing spending, and encouraging physicians to work with their colleagues and their teams to provide a higher level of patient care.

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