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  • Senegal Pledges A Bed For Every Coronavirus Patient — And Their Contacts, Too

    May 17, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Dakar

    Senegal's success thus far in keeping coronavirus cases at manageable levels is due largely in part to a prioritization of increasing the number of beds available for COVID-19 patients. After years of running epidemic simulations, the Senegalese Health Emergency Operation Center was able to act swiftly when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and convert hospital beds into ICU beds and hotel room beds into non-emergent beds.

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  • Outpatient Competency Restoration

    May 17, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Travis County, Texas

    In Texas’ Travis County, a mental health court is helping divert people out of the criminal justice system and into treatment and outpatient programs. The collaborative process gives individuals the opportunity for rehabilitation, and upon completion, the chance to have their case dismissed. This approach has seen a 42% success rate, showing a decrease in recidivism and increased connection to treatment facilities.

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  • Locked In Limbo: Jail-based Competency Restoration

    May 17, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Lubbock, Texas

    Experts, advocates, and lawmakers are working within the Texas prison system to help individuals experiencing incarceration access mental health care. A promising practice has been the use of telepsychiatry, or virtual therapy, which has seen a nearly 50% success rate. While efforts are being made, it’s being done in pieces and without scaled, statewide support.

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  • In quarantine at Gallup hotels

    May 17, 2020 |

    Albuquerque Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Gallup, New Mexico

    In Gallup, New Mexico hotels are being used to house those who have been exposed to COVID-19, but have nowhere to safely quarantine themselves. This effort compliments "an aggressive tracing and testing program," and so far has housed around 120 people. Doctors are also working out of the hotels to provide medical attention to those who may need it.

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  • Lockdown At Terminal Island Federal Prison Curbs Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak

    May 15, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, San Pedro, California

    By rapidly instituting mandatory testing of all inmates at a covid-19-stricken federal prison and segregating ill inmates, authorities reduced the number of new infections within weeks. At one point, nearly 70% of the inmates at the Terminal Island federal prison in San Pedro, California, had tested positive for the coronavirus as it raced through a facility where inmates normally interact constantly in crowded communal areas. As of mid-May, eight inmates had died and more than 500 had recovered.

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  • PA should follow California's lead and mail ballots to every registered voter in the state

    May 15, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Governor Gavin Newsome in California ordered vote-from-home ballots be sent to all registered voters for the November 2020 election due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While some states allow people to vote by mail for any reason, a ballot is usually obtained only by request, which evidence shows does not lead to the same increased voter turnout as automatically receiving a ballot. Absentee voters do tend to be white and upper-middle class, but some voter-rights organizations such as Committee of Seventy have shifted priorities to getting everyone who is eligible to request a vote-from-home ballot.

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  • Teaching model ‘flips' traditional classroom in Arizona

    May 15, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Arizona, several schools are flipping the traditional format of school on its head; at home, students watch recorded lessons and then, during the day in the classroom, they work through homework. Advocates believe the approach allows for more collaborative and engaging learning, while critics don't believe the approach has shown improved results.

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  • COVID-19: Will South Korea's model help save Nigeria's hospital bed shortage?

    May 15, 2020 |

    Nigerian Tribune |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    As a response to hospital bed shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea developed a strategy that divides individuals who tested positive into four categories – mild, moderate, severe, and extremely severe – and placed those on the low end of the spectrum in self-quarantine or Living Treatment Centers (residential buildings requiring few medical personnel). As Nigeria grapples with the same issue, they look to South Korea as a model, but hesitate on making it work in different cultural contexts.

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  • Una identificación que traspasa fronteras para unir comunidades

    May 15, 2020 |

    Enlace Latino NC |

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    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    En Estados Unidos, un modelo que nació en Carolina del Norte permite proporcionar documentos de identificación comunitaria a personas inmigrantes latinas se replica en otros estados, ayudando a los inmigrantes a acceder a servicios esenciales (atención médica y educación), y también tiene como objetivo difundir información sobre los desafíos y las barreras que enfrentan las comunidades de inmigrantes.

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  • ¿Cómo una identificación comunitaria ayuda a dar un sentido de pertenencia a miles de inmigrantes en Carolina del Norte?

    May 15, 2020 |

    Enlace Latino NC |

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    Response Location: United States, Greensboro, North Carolina

    En Carolina del Norte, las tarjetas de identificación de Faith Action, emitidas por una organización sin fines de lucro, se está afianzando como una forma válida de identificación. Las tarjetas de identificación no pretenden reemplazar las identificaciones emitidas por el gobierno, como las licencias de conducir, pero están destinadas a ayudar a las personas que pueden no tener acceso a dichos documentos.

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