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  • Trauma-informed practices necessary for police, experts say

    July 01, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    The Adverse Childhood Experience Response Team sends family and crisis services advocates with police officers on home visits to offer families trauma-informed services after police have responded to an earlier emergency at the home. More than 1,200 children have been referred to services, an offer of help most families accept. Although the pandemic shutdown interrupted house calls, the model has spread to other New Hampshire communities. The ultimate effectiveness of the intervention may not be known for years, and only if researchers can follow up to learn if it may have prevented future incidents.

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  • How Rwanda is improving uptake of HPV immunisation

    June 30, 2020 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    To raise awareness about and increase rates of HPV immunization in Rwanda, a local vaccine alliance formed a partnership with a digital-minded nonprofit to better directly reach adolescent girls throughout the community. The nonprofit implemented messaging from the vaccine alliance into an existing "girl-centric" campaign and early results have indicated an increased awareness of cervical cancer while "Rwanda’s HPV and routine childhood diseases vaccination programs have achieved 95%-97% coverage."

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  • Feed the people: Helping communities, hospitality workers, and families

    June 29, 2020 |

    DigBoston |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Restaurants and labor unions have formed a partnership through Project Restore Us, or PRU, to benefit union members as well as restaurants during the pandemic. Restaurants utilize their access to discounted, bulk grocery items to create grocery boxes for union members. The profit goes to the restaurant and its employees, simultaneously helping those who are unemployed and dealing with food insecurity as well as the hard-hit restaurant industry.

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  • Bridging the gender gap through groundwater monitoring in a Rajasthan village

    June 29, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Hinta, Rajasthan

    A group of farmers in India have been trained to monitor their village’s groundwater levels to help its residents make more informed decisions about irrigation based on water availability. The farmers-turned-researchers are known as “Bhujal Jaankars” and they monitor rainfall, dam water levels, and water quality to notify residents so they can plant crops that don’t require a lot of water. While there is a lack of gender diversity in the group, they are working on developing training to include more functional literacy skills to encourage participation from others.

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  • 'Nip the virus in the bud': How Germany showed Europe the way on coronavirus testing

    June 26, 2020 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Germany, Bavaria

    Germany has implemented a variety of methods to contain the coronavirus, but their policy of "open public testing" has been a vital component of successfully slowing the spread of the virus. Although the policy was not in place from the start due to insurance limitations, once enacted, it allowed for asymptomatic people to be tested and has reportedly slowed outbreaks throughout the country.

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  • Mexico City Tames Covid-19 in One of World's Largest Food Markets

    June 25, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    In New Mexico, the world’s largest wholesale food market managed to contain the spread of Covid-19 by taking an aggressive, early intervention course of action that included widespread testing, contact tracing and isolation protocols. Although the rest of the country has yet to implement such measures, the market which was once called "a center for infections," has already seen a drastic reduction in cases.

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  • How Facebook is using AI to boost blood donation

    June 25, 2020 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    A partnership between Facebook and the Ministry of Health in Kenya has helped connect blood banks with blood donors. The process uses artificial intelligence and geo-location data to notify Facebook users who have signed up as blood donors when blood banks in their area are in need of donations.

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  • To reach vulnerable populations, Berkeley goes on the road to offer COVID-19 testing

    June 25, 2020 |

    Berkeleyside |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    City officials in Berkeley have recently implemented a mobile testing site for Covid-19 to better reach vulnerable populations throughout the region. Although the physical testing site will remain as the central point for testing, the mobile option has helped test those in senior homes and nursing facilities, as well as their caretakers.

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  • Montana Manufacturers' New Products, Markets Could Have Lasting Impact Post-Pandemic

    June 23, 2020 |

    Yellowstone Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Bonner, Montana

    In Montana, a handful of manufacturers have adapted their facilities to make products and materials that help healthcare workers safely work on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. From face shields to liquid transport mediums, these businesses are finding new ways to play a larger role in the efforts to contain the virus, while also keeping their employees working.

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  • How tech is tackling wildlife trafficking

    June 23, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Cambodia

    Three examples of new science behind successful efforts to prevent or punish the poaching of protected wildlife starts with PAWS: Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security, an artificial intelligence tool that helped officials in Cambodia predict where poachers would set snares. In an undisclosed location in East Africa, another form of AI powers a miniature trail camera that can detect human activity and alert rangers to rush in for arrests. And Kenya prosecuted four cases of pangolin trafficking by using a new method of lifting fingerprints from the poached animals' precious scales.

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