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  • Sending Health to Rural Ghana via Traveling Medics

    August 01, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Ghana

    In places such as Ghana, people live far from proper healthcare, which is why Community Health Workers in the region, and in other regions lacking access to healthcare, are being trained. CHW's can help educate individuals about how to stay healthy, increase prevention techniques, and help them get proper medical aid.

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  • Counting On Medicaid To Avoid Life In A Nursing Home? That's Now Up To Congress.

    July 31, 2017 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Congressional Republicans' push to reduce Medicaid funds is a threatening proposition to the people who use its services. Medicaid funds services at home which allows people to live at home instead of in a nursing home by providing minor house renovations, a visiting nurse or other worker, or other home products.

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  • Injections and Implants Could Revolutionize HIV Prevention for Women

    July 26, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Injections and implants preventing HIV could be an important breakthrough especially for individuals who can not travel regularly to a health clinic, have trouble remembering to take a pill, or who want to secretly protect themselves.

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  • A Rust Belt City's School Turnaround

    July 18, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    In a Buffalo school district where many students from low-income families struggled with trauma, attendance, and the effects of poverty, a nonprofit initiative called Say Yes to Education is implementing drastic change. The program increases graduation rates for minority students, grants scholarships and admissions guidance to colleges, provides medical and mental health care to under-served students, brings in mentors and after-school programs, and even assists students parents with job-readiness workshops and housing assistance.

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  • The Great Los Angeles Revolt Against Cars

    July 17, 2017 |

    The American Prospect |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles has faced deepening issues of severe traffic and extreme smog pollution in the past several decades, but for years intentions and promises to broadly improve transportation have fallen flat. At long last, the most congested city in the world - once home to the most extensive urban rail network on the planet - is reviving rail lines and trains as a solution to both issues. Robust public transport has proven to have multi-layered economic, cultural, environmental, and social benefits to communities.

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  • In Chelsea, coalition aims to save lives on verge of unraveling

    July 09, 2017 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Chelsea, Massachusetts

    Historically, the numerous nonprofits, charities, and public agencies seeking to address issues such as homelessness, addiction, and hunger have been stuck operating in their own silos, creating more of a reactive rather than preventative system and preventing such organizations from maximizing efficiency. A new model of cooperation and information that originated in Canada is proving highly effective in Chelsea, bringing together various groups and providing a structure for the sharing of resources, so they can better reach and help citizens in need.

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  • This Woman Was a Pavement Dweller, Today She Runs a Sanitary Pad Manufacturing Unit

    July 05, 2017 |

    The Better India |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    In the slums of India, living on the street as a "pavement dweller" is a daily struggle for survival - and being a woman on the street is even more terrifying. Organizations like Mahila Milan and the Myna Mahila Foundation are working to help lift women up out of homelessness through the empowerment of employment and breaking crippling cultural taboos.

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  • The Heartland Wants More New Americans

    July 04, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    In the aftermath of an election "consumed with anti-immigration rhetoric," many of the same states that helped put Trump in the White House are not just home to growing numbers of immigrants and refugees, but many are actively seeking to naturalize these populations, as they play a significant role in bolstering economic growth. The Cities for Citizenship initiative is helping local governments to make the naturalization process more transparent and accessible for immigrant communities across the midwest.

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  • How Artificial Intelligence Could Democratize Financial Services In Asia

    July 03, 2017 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Lahore

    The rapid evolution of technology is continually opening new doors for how microfinance projects can be implemented, improved, and scaled. The team at ADDO A.I. sees artificial intelligence as the catalyst for both microfinance and microinsurance in the emerging markets of Asia. A.I. reduces the need for human assessments, facilitating faster pay-outs and reduced losses through predictive data, while combining information such as financial histories and social media activity with historic context data to create fair, realistic risk assessments that lead to improved credit products.

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  • Black moms die in childbirth 3 times as often as white moms. Except in North Carolina.

    July 03, 2017 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Black American mothers are about 3.5 times more likely to die from complications related to childbirth than white American mothers. A program called Pregnancy Medical Home in North Carolina has contributed to successfully eliminating this disparity by targeting low-income mothers and focusing on risk factors that contribute to poor maternal outcomes. The program is funded by Medicaid and mothers who are identified as being high risk are paired with a care manager who helps them to achieve the health plans set forth by their doctors.

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