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  • Former Prisoners Find Redemption Running a Prosperous Business in San Francisco's Public Housing

    Chris Peak

    March 31, 2016 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Facing job discrimination after years in and out of prison, a San Francisco man founded a company that employs public housing residents, regardless of their parole status, to sort trash from recyclables and compostable items. It's saving the housing complexes money, diverting trash from the waste stream and providing meaningful employment for those who often can't get jobs in the formal economy.

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  • Healing India's Traditional Healers

    Sophie Cousins

    March 09, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Suri, West Bengal

    India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?

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  • The all-female patrol stopping South Africa's rhino poachers

    Jessica Aldred

    February 26, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    The poaching of rhinos in South Africa has seen a rapid increase since 2007, jumping from 13 deaths then to 1,215 in 2014. After concluding that guns alone were not the solution, a patrol of local women from impoverished areas were brought together in the Balule reserve to focus on efforts in removing snares, stopping bushmeat kitchens, setting up roadblocks and implementing educational opportunities in poor communities and schools. Since their start, the area has seen a 76% reduction in snaring and poaching incidents.

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  • The Crisis Within: How Toxic Stress and Trauma Endanger Our Children

    Nancy Cambria

    February 21, 2016 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Chronic toxic stress caused by violence in trauma in a child's life can be exceedingly harmful - but can be remedied through building personal relationships and trust.

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  • Cuba's Focus on Preventive Medicine Pays Off

    Sam Loewenberg

    January 23, 2016 |

    International Reporting Project |

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    Response Location: Cuba

    Cuba’s emphasis on public health, primary care, and training thousands of medical professionals has resulted in health successes and lessons for other countries.

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  • How to Stop Crypto, a Deadly Disease so Neglected It's Missed on the 'Neglected' List

    Patrick Adams

    January 04, 2016 |

    Newsweek |

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    Response Location: United States, Norman, Oklahoma

    Though it claims as many as 300,000 lives every year, meningitis is not widely regarded as a major health problem by many health organizations in comparison to more familiar diseases like tuberculosis. One family-run company in Oklahoma is working to tackle the disease by developing simpler tools like the Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay, or CrAg LFA, to diagnose fungal infections. Faster and more accurate than previous methods, and significantly less expensive, the test allows for earlier diagnosis and treatment.

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  • How a regulation turned Bologna's civic pride into action

    Simone D'Antonio

    December 23, 2015 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: Italy, Bologna

    Bologna is demonstrating the utility of allowing citizens to help with projects in cash-strapped cities. A new policy makes it easier for citizens to head city projects and to participate in guiding the future of the municipality.

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  • Innovators Changing Education, Health By Thinking Outside The Box

    Jenny Chen

    December 18, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, Maine

    This year’s Poptech Conference, a 19-year-old gathering for thinkers and world-changers, celebrated hybrid thinking across industry sectors, or “when disciplinary boundaries fall by the wayside" - four of their projects are discussed.

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  • Medical Program Helps Ease Strain On Hospitals In Developing Countries

    Jenny Chen

    December 04, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: India

    To help with the doctor shortage in India, a non-profit is training patients' family members to check pulses, supervise physical therapy, encourage a healthy diet, and administer medication to reduce readmission rates.

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  • Are These Women the Key to Safer Abortions in India?

    Jill Filipovic

    November 17, 2015 |

    Cosmopolitan |

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    Response Location: India, Pune, Maharashtra

    In rural areas in India, lack of physicians is a big barrier to safe abortions, leading women to undergo deadly procedures. A proposed law by the Indian government would allow midwives and mid-level providers to perform abortions.

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