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Arizona team helps investigate and trace COVID cases

Katherine Sypher

December 04, 2020 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A team of volunteers at the University of Arizona is helping to bolster contact tracing efforts during the pandemic by working in tandem with those who have been trained by the Arizona Department of Health Services. Although federal health privacy restrictions limit what the volunteers can ask and in what order they must do so, the volunteer team "has made about 9,000 case investigations calls and contacted over 1,000 people exposed to the virus."

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How Madison's Latino community is pulling together to survive COVID

Natalie Yahr

December 02, 2020 |

The Cap Times |

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Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

In Madison, Wisconsin, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Latino population, but the local community has joined together to advocate for better access to care and information. The efforts have included pop-up testing sites equipped with Spanish speakers, better-targeted messages, and non-medical support like food boxes.

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While mainland America struggles with covid apps, tiny Guam has made them work

Cat Ferguson

November 30, 2020 |

MIT Technology Review |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Guam

To raise awareness and encourage downloads of a contact tracing app, the team of volunteers who were built the app partnered with the Guam Visitors Bureau to collaborate on a grassroots outreach campaign. Using Zoom and WhatsApp groups to create public trust with "organizations, schools, and cultural groups across the island," the effort culminated in "a rate of adoption that outstrips states with far more resources."

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A helpline connects Indigenous immigrants to crucial COVID-19 information

Anna V. Smith

November 30, 2020 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Lincoln County, Oregon

After a contact tracing effort spurred by an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County, Oregon resulted in the realization that resources weren't being offered in Indigenous Mayan languages, the Oregon Health Authority created a helpline to better connect community members with translators. The hotline is now being used in several other counties and has also been used to offer additional public health information – such as when wildfires began erupting throughout the state.

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How translators in the Netherlands are making Covid-19 information more accessible

Laís Martins

November 27, 2020 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Utrecht

To help students and others internationals who are living in the Netherlands during the coronavirus pandemic, a Facebook group was formed that translates news reports into English. Although messaging from the government is readily available in English, the ten university students who run the page are translating news broadcasts as a means of offering "contextual information about the crisis." One of the students explains, ""It is more about how expats navigate through society, whose society they don't really know, and I think that proper journalism is highly important for understanding the bigger picture."

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Finland and Norway Avoid Covid-19 Lockdowns but Keep the Virus At Bay

Bojan Pancevski

November 18, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland

Both Finland and Norway have successfully kept COVID-19 cases at a minimum without fully implementing lockdowns within their countries thanks to a united government, closed borders, and mandatory quarantines. The strategy has also helped keep the economy intact compared to other countries which implemented "draconian" restrictions.

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How Africa Is Leading the World in Corona Response

Trevor Noah

November 13, 2020 |

The Daily Show |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Central African Republic

Many countries in Africa have been able to contain the spread of COVID-19 due to lessons learned from fighting the Ebola epidemic. Although not all African countries have implemented successful strategies, those that have seen success credit strong government leadership, community compliance, and a physically healthy population.

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Who's leading Covid-19 outreach among the homeless? The homeless themselves.

Hayden Manseau

November 12, 2020 |

Mission Local |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

In the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, local community members are leading the effort to reach out to those experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic. This effort has been successful in coordinating and distributing testing that is accessible to the population. As the director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations explains, “any public health response that does not center the voices of people who have lived the experience of homelessness is going to come up with the wrong solution.”

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Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus — by putting faith in science

Odysseus Patrick

November 05, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: Australia

Although the goal was not to eradicate but to contain COVID-19, Australia is "close to eliminating community transmission of the coronavirus." Many factors played a role in the country's success but one of the most prominent tactics was to cede public communications health officials rather than government officials.

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What the US can learn from how African countries handled Covid

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Rifaiyat Mahbub

November 03, 2020 |

CNN |

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Response Location: Senegal

The death toll and infection rate from the coronavirus pandemic have been extravagant in the U.S., especially compared to that of other countries. The difference is largely explained in how different governments handled the early days of the pandemic. In many African nations – such as Senegal, which has been touted as having one of the best COVID-19 responses – "leadership, disaster preparedness, conformity to scientific advice, and coherence in pandemic response strategies" have played a significant role in the outcomes.

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