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Even in region with abundant water, residents turn to bottles and try to conserve

Elizabeth Baier

March 20, 2014 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Fountain, Minnesota

Some communities are being forced to take steps—sometimes costly ones, like digging deeper wells—to both tap and protect their groundwater.

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Twenty Buses a Day: The High Stakes Race to Create a Global Cholera Early Warning System

Osha Gray Davidson

March 18, 2014 |

Earthzine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

Though individual treatments are cheap, cholera is costing the third world countless lives. Using modern technology, researchers work to exterminate it and other curable diseases.

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The Secret To Polio Eradication In India

Devin Thorpe

March 15, 2014 |

Forbes |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

Population scale and density, insanitary conditions, and malnourishment meant that eradicating polio in India was a tall order. The government, alongside WHO, managed to do it in 2014 using a comprehensive approach.

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An End to Polio in India?

Esha Chhabra

March 05, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

India has, for years, been a hotbed of polio. Supported by the WHO as well as local health-care workers, immunizations have officially rid the country of the disease. There are still challenges in maintaining records and reaching everyone, but the message continously changes and adapts.

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Strung out in Tanzania

Sarika Bansal

March 03, 2014 |

Al Jazeera |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam

Less than 1 percent of drug addicts in Africa receive treatment because the issue is disfavored by donors. The national government of Tanzania demanded evidence-based treatment options and is curbing relapses by distributing a drug which temporarily lessens cravings.

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An Afghan Success Story: Fewer Child Deaths

Sean Carberry

February 04, 2014 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Afghanistan, Guldara

Child mortality rates are decreasing in Afghanistan due to more readily available basic health care, more effective vaccinations, and locally-trained volunteer health workers.

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How India became polio-free

Lane Anderson

January 15, 2014 |

Deseret News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

India has been able to eradicate polio through large-scale logistics, highly organized vaccine teams, proper funding, and accountability of health officials and front-line workers.

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Bill Gates Can't Build a Toilet

Jason Kass

November 18, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Peru

Ecological toilets that use natural composting to break down waste are simple to construct, waterless and are easy to fix. But as philanthropists are finding, getting these to those that need it most is harder than anticipated.

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Treating the Village to Cure the Disease

Jason Silverstein

November 06, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Togo

In communities across Africa, health workers are going house to house with medicine to combat lymphatic filariasis, which is the world’s second-largest cause of chronic disability. They are participating in a strategy called mass drug administration, which treats everyone in an area where a disease is found – even if they aren’t sick or infected.

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Global Rate Of HIV Infection, AIDS-Related Deaths Dramatically Reduced: UN

Kate Kelland

September 23, 2013 |

The Huffington Post |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

HIV/AIDS infection and death rates are down world-wide, due to an increasing access to anti-retroviral treatment that has come from private donations, UN-work, and increased public health spending by heavily affected countries.

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