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  • Child Care and the Overwhelmed Parent

    July 24, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, North Augusta, South Carolina

    The problem and importance of finding reliable childcare for poor, working parents is increasingly prevalent. Lawmakers and non-profits alike are creating new solutions to help make childcare affordable.

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  • India's school lunch program not only fights hunger — it can breed tolerance

    July 17, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: India, Bawani Khera, Haryana

    India’s free school lunch program is one of the world’s largest anti-poverty programs. Despite its many shortfalls, the program feeds 120 million of the country’s poorest school children. The idea is that if children of different castes can be taught to sit and eat together on a daily basis, it makes caste a little less important in their lives.

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  • In Vietnam, new hospital equipment gives more infants a breath of life

    July 15, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Hanoi

    Hospitals in Vietnam used to rely on imported equipment that often broke down. Now, cheaper, more usable neonatal machines are made within the country and tailored to local conditions, decreasing the mortality rate.

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  • How Brazil Absorbed a Million Visitors Without Enough Hotel Rooms

    July 11, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Despite pushback from the hospitality sector, Brazil's Rio de Janeiro worked around their short-term housing limitations for the 2014 World Cup by taking advantage of Airbnb and other short-term, local rental options. These alternative stay options allowed visitors to stay within city limits without paying unaffordable hotel bills.

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  • At a YMCA Near You, a Course for a Diabetic Nation

    July 03, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Port Chester, New York

    We know how to prevent diabetes - but the U.S, medical system, with its twisted priorities, doesn’t cover prevention. A new program at the YMCA aims to build structured, effective prevention measures.

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  • When Is Health Insurance Too Affordable?

    July 02, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    By letting one hospital system be their sole provider and having consumers travel farther for appointments, the Chattanooga health care system can offer consumers bargain-priced policies.

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  • Malaria Prevention, With Both Reward and Risk

    June 25, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mali, Bamako, Koulikoro

    After ongoing trials and successes for preventative measures toward malaria, experts have now reversed their support for them. In what remains an ongoing threat, especially to children, new interventions, like the combination of multiple malaria drugs, are being tried, tested, and showing promise.

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  • Abortion and Birth, Together

    June 14, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    A Buffalo, New York clinic provides a space for both abortions and natural births. In looking at the experiences as a continuum, rather than as juxtiposing sides, the hope is to change how people think about the birth experiences.

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  • Farmers markets reaching more consumers who get nutritional benefits

    June 08, 2014 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Through creative financing and new technology, a non-profit in San Francisco is making farmers markets more accessible to residents who rely on federal nutrition benefits.

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  • Las Vegas tries new tactic to improve city's notorious healthcare

    June 07, 2014 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

    Many people in Las Vegas lack access to quality health care centers and providers, and often end up having illnesses that go undiagnosed. Clinics try a personal approach and high-tech system to track, improve health of residents by focusing on the uninsured and the sickest.

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