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  • The least sexy, most important resilience strategy

    October 21, 2019 |

    American City & County |

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    Response Location: United States, Norfolk, Virginia

    Unprecedented challenges are frequently popping up with the onset of climate change, so governments too have to adjust their processes and strategies. Some new procurement tools used by several different cities include requests for ideas, competitions, and performance contracts. This article looks at two places using these new and publicly accessible procurement tools—Prince Georges County, MD, and Norfolk, VA—to see how it impacts their success.

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  • On air: The live radio show tackling mental health taboos Audio icon

    October 18, 2019 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    Based out of the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, a live radio show is tackling the stigma around mental health care by combining their platform with those in the mental health care field. Not only does the radio show discuss psychological issues on air, but it also offers free and reduced-cost mental health services to those that serve as guests on the show.

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  • How Telehealth Gives A Rural School More Mental Health Services

    October 18, 2019 |

    WFYI Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Orleans, Indiana

    In rural areas, gaining access to mental health care can be difficult, but is made even more challenging for students. To combat this, a farming and manufacturing town in Indiana is piloting telehealth access in schools that offers students the opportunity to connect with therapists via video chat.

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  • Treating addiction from the emergency room

    October 15, 2019 |

    Finding Fixes |

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    Response Location: United States, Edmonds, Washington

    The emergency room at Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Washington is working to implement more focused care for those suffering from opioid addiction, an offering not typically present at most hospitals. Using a hands-on approach that integrates "substance use disorder treatment and interventions and assessment," through the use of doctors, counselors, and social workers, this program increases the likelihood of follow through with recovery.

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  • IntegratE; Breaking down barriers in the uptake of family planning services in Kaduna State

    October 14, 2019 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Karatudu, Kaduna

    In Nigeria, a project known as IntegratE is gaining traction as a means to improve access to and understanding around family planning. Specifically focused on increasing contraceptive coverage for women, this program trains health workers – not just hospitals, clinics and pharmacies – to become Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors and Community Pharmacists in order to make access easier, especially for teenagers and young adults.

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  • This Charcoal-Coated Seed Could Bring Kenya's Forests Back to Life

    October 10, 2019 |

    The Slowdown |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    To combat the rapidly decreasing forest density in Kenya, an organization created "seedballs," or seeds from trees coated in charcoal and other nutrients that help the seeds survive long enough to germinate. The organization created a competition for schoolchildren to scatter the seeds using slingshots and encourages other creative ways to spread the seeds across the country.

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  • Where 4-Year Schools Find a Pool of Applicants: 2-Year Schools

    October 10, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Four-year colleges are increasingly tapping into community college populations to recruit driven and diverse students. This process also helps students who ultimately transfer to four-year institutions significantly cut down on higher education costs.

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  • Community works to improve health care for farmworkers in rural Arizona

    October 02, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilcox, Arizona

    Health care can be hard to access for those in rural communities, so for one Arizona community, the Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center partnered with the University of Arizona to bring health education to those that needed it. Focusing specifically on education addressing potential health concerns specific to this mostly farmworker community, the community center also "trains some locals as health promoters, or 'promotoras de salud,' to work as health educators and advocates."

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  • Mongolian nomads create shared funds and financial security

    October 02, 2019 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Mongolia, Arvaikheer

    Herders in Mongolia have resorted to cooperative shared funds to keep their pastures afloat, a sign of a slow tilt towards greater collaboration and trust in the area. The shared funds act as a way for herders to borrow and lend money among themselves, helping local communities build financial security in a time when climate change is negatively impacting their pasture land.

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  • Seeking a Cure: ‘Take care of the customer and the customer will take care of you'

    September 30, 2019 |

    Iowa Falls Times Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

    Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls is one of the rare rural hospitals that has defied the odds and remained open, thanks in part to creative collaborations and the CEO's entrepreneurial attitude. From converting its obstetrics department into an outpatient mental health program for senior citizens in order to better match the demographics of the city to implementing a profit-sharing model with a local coffee shop, the hospital is doing what it can to remain open while also supporting the health of the community.

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