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In Remote Villages, Surprising New Measures Save Children With Malaria

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

December 10, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Zambia

Malaria disproportionally impacts young children and toddlers, oftentimes leaving parents in remote villages with little time to act before their child is at risk of dying. A pilot program coupled with other various efforts in Zambia aim to lessen this likelihood by utilizing stopgap medications as well as rapid diagnostic tests, and bicycle ambulances.

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The big sleep: how the world's most troubled country is beating a deadly disease

Sarah Boseley

November 16, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

By deploying mobile screening units and educating people about the dangers of Tse Tse flies that carry sleeping sickness, doctors are working to eradicate the disease in the Congo. Education is a big part of the success of the operation—if people don't know what the symptoms mean, they can't seek treatment.

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Hunters help safeguard Arizona's deer and elk from chronic wasting disease

Stephanie Morse

November 09, 2018 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Greer, Arizona

Arizona’s Game & Fish Department is taking a proactive approach to chronic wasting disease (CWD), a neurodegenerative disease found in deer, elk, and moose. The department works with hunters during hunting season to test dead deer for the disease, which has yet to spread to Arizona. It has also banned deer farms and the transportation of whole deer carcasses into Arizona from other states, citing that it’s easier to keep CWD out than control it once it’s inside state lines.

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The Inside Story of How India Eliminated Polio

Mark Leon Goldberg

October 24, 2018 |

UN Dispatch |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Utter Pradesh

India was declared polio-free in 2014 after several years of work by health staff who traveled across the country to distribute the vaccine. One key part of the strategy included efforts by the government to recruit and mobilize volunteers from across the country to assist health care workers in locating the children who needed the vaccine and building trust with their caregivers.

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Kenya to put 650 TB patients on new drugs

Angela Oketch

October 02, 2018 |

Nation Africa |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya

The drugs bedaquiline and delamanid have been associated with higher rates of survival for those suffering from tuberculosis. Used in the United States for nearly a decade, these drugs are now making their debut in other parts of the world to treat those with drug-resistant tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

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Wastewater and public health in the rural South

Melissa Brown

September 24, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hayneville, Alabama

A wastewater infrastructure crisis in the southern United States is much like those found in far less-developed countries. Now researchers and nonprofits are looking to successes in Africa, in an effort to eradicate obscure diseases and improve quality of life.

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Simple but effective: The community mobilisers driving immunization in Borno State

Bashar Abubakar

September 17, 2018 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

In Nigeria, a lack of immunizations has contributed to increased rates of childhood mortality. However, Volunteer Community Mobilizers are actively changing this trajectory by conducting in-home visits and providing resources that aid in mobilizing families to have their children vaccinated at local clinics.

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Bicycle Ambulances Helped Cut the Malaria Death Rate in Zambia by 96 Percent

Kaleigh Rogers

September 10, 2018 |

Motherboard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Zambia

The effectiveness of so much medical care hinges on response time, but many rural communities in Zambia are a significant distance away from a provider. A project using ambulance bicycles got patients to care much quicker and significantly reduced deaths from the symptoms of malaria.

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These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. South

Lyndsey Gilpin

August 30, 2018 |

Southerly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

In the 1980s, throughout African and Asian countries, a tropical disease known as guinea worm was being transmitted through contaminated stagnant water. Thanks to a combination of endeavors that included "education and intervention programs, funding for clean water access, and government-supported public health campaigns," the near eradication of this epidemic is now being used as a model for how to combat other diseases in various parts of the world.

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Computer predictions 'control' cholera

Pallab Ghosh

August 27, 2018 |

BBC |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Yemen

Cholera cases are dramatically reduced in areas that use the technology to predict where cholera cases are most likely to occur by monitoring rainfall. Health workers use this information to head off the disease and arrive first with sanitation supplies and education about prevention. In 2017 there were 50,000 cases in a week, this year there are only 2,500.

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