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  • Telework program is ‘game changer' for women in rural parts of Utah

    January 02, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Logan, Utah

    Training rural residents to work from home eases the struggle with unemployment. Utah’s Rural Online Initiative program provides rural residents with an online work certificate and training in online tools such as video-conferencing software. The one-month course is run by the Utah State University Extension and funded by Utah’s state legislature.

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  • The Doctor Will Skype You Now: Virtual Checkups Reach Bangladesh's Isolated Islands

    November 06, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Rajshahi

    Free, remote medical consultations are increasing healthcare access for the inhabitants of Bangladesh’s char islands. Using boats, laptops, and video conference software, local NGOs are bringing health services to char residents. One group, thesteps.org, provides residents with a telemedicine service called Teledaktra (TD), another nonprofit, Friendship, operates satellite clinics from a boat.

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  • In Myanmar, underground poetry nights build bridges between Rohingya and Burmese writers

    October 01, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

    Underground poetry nights build bridges between Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and Burmese writers in Myanmar. Over video, Rohingya poets who fled persecution in Myanmar can connect with people from their home country and share their art. The events are covert because it's dangerous to support Rohingya in Myanmar, but the event is empowering contributors through collaboration and shared activism. There are about 150 Rohingya poets in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

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  • Slow down, read up: Why slow journalism and finishable news is (quickly) growing a following

    March 27, 2019 |

    Nieman Lab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    Getting subscribers involved and creating an enthusiastic, permanent reader base allows media outlets to prioritize quality over quantity. As troubles with media over-saturation and news fatigue grow, publications like Tortoise and Zetland are slowing down, focusing on good journalism instead of speedy clicks. Both offer a variety of news products, including access to live video conferences and manageable, daily feeds of articles that subscribers can finish without getting caught in an endless scroll.

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  • Video screening cuts jail time, reduces court 'no shows'

    November 25, 2018 |

    Albuquerque Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    In Bernadillo County people who are arrested for nonviolent crimes have the chance of being released, without having to serve jail time. They are screened through video by an intake officer who gauges the likelihood of them showing up in court. “We know from national studies that releasing low-level, non-violent offenders promptly reduces recidivism.” Data shows it works, and an overwhelming majority, 90 percent, of defendants showed up in court.

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  • Now, doctors anywhere will be able to treat common mental illness, with just a cellphone!

    July 13, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Indian doctors can now receive training in mental health diagnoses and treatments through a ‘digital academy’ developed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. The academy will provide greater access to training and expand the capacity for mental health care in rural areas of India.

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  • Telemedicine Takes Transgender Care Beyond The City

    May 05, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Tifton, Georgia

    For transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, seeking healthcare can be an agonizing process due to discrimination and a lack of provider familiarity with their unique healthcare needs. QMed, a virtual health service for transgender and gender nonconforming people who live in the southeastern United States - particularly those in rural areas where there are fewer doctors - allows transgender people to access the healthcare they need free from discrimination.

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  • Metropolitan Museum Aims for Accessibility with Sign Language Tours on Facebook Live

    April 18, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Metropolitan Museum in New York has interested tens of thousands of hearing-impaired art enthusiasts through their American Sign Language (ASL) tours on Facebook Live. The ASL tours are part of the Met’s newly launched Open Access initiative, which focuses on expanding the access of their collections online. In addition to the high numbers of engagement, the ASL online tours bring attention to American Sign Language and “the Deaf identity.” The Met also offers transcripts of curatorial guides for in-person visitors.

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  • In A Border Region Where Immigrants Are Wary, A Health Center Travels To Its Patients

    April 06, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    The Finger Lakes Community Health Center in New York is bringing healthcare to rural immigrant populations via video consultations. Dr. Sirene Garcia, the head of the program reaches her patients through video conferencing. This helps the large immigrant population in the area receive medical care without having to drive long distances in their cars and risk being picked up by border patrol.

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  • The Health App That Beat Hurricane Harvey

    January 18, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    For patients with tuberculosis, it is vital that they take their medicine consistently and on schedule, even after they are no longer contagious, which can be time consuming and expensive for public health departments to manage. Teleconferencing has helped people remember to take their medications, even during a disaster like Hurricane Harvey.

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