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Can We Build Less Biased Medical Bots?

Tolu Olasoji

April 11, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Melalogic is an app that provides skin health resources to people with dark skin. The uses crowdsourced imaging data to confront racial bias in diagnostic artificial intelligence. Users can access the Black Skin Resource Center with information on 14 issues that affect people with darker skin. The app also shares health posters that physicians use to share information with their patients and videos with dermatologic tips. In the works is Melalogic 2.0, an immersive telehealth experience.

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Grown-to-Order Veggies

Gonca Tokyol

April 11, 2022 |

Inside Turkey |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Turkey, Sivas

Farmobile allows people to pick seasonal produce and have it grown for them on leased land and receive shipments of the crop once it starts producing. Farmobile makes safe, healthy, freshly grown produce more accessible to those without a means to farm.

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Sponsor Circle opens hearts and homes to Afghan refugees

Cathryn J. Prince

April 11, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, New Milford, Connecticut

The Sponsor Circle program mobilizes local community members to raise money and provide technical and cultural support to Afghan refugees resettling in the United States. One such refugee is Mohammad Agha Mohammadi, who has been able to enroll in benefits, get his driving learner's permit, and sign up for college courses with the help of his circle since arriving in Connecticut.

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Brasilien: Gärtnern für ein besseres Leben

Bianca Kopsch

April 11, 2022 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil

Einst lebten hier Crack-Abhängige und es türmten sich Abfallberge, heute bewirtschaften Bewohner der Favela in Rio de Janeiro den größten gemeinschaftlichen Gemüsegarten Lateinamerikas. Der Anbau schafft Jobs für Menschen in materieller Not und versorgt gleichzeitig das Viertel mit frischem Bio-Obst und Gemüse.

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Nigerian Medical Students' Association: Active Citizenship for Health Improving Malaria Prevention and Treatment Awareness

Chibuike Alagboso

April 11, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Different chapters of the Nigerian Medical Students’ Association came together to form the National Malaria Elimination and Sensitisation Project or NMESP in 2021 wherein 433 of their members volunteered to carry out outreach work. They collaborated with local churches, youth groups, and the local health centers to reach the community. In 46 days, they had spread malaria awareness in about 38 communities and tested 523 people with Rapid Diagnostic Test kits. They also prescribed medications, and distributed free repellents and insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

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Living with COVID in Toronto: When you feel alone even though 'we're all in this together'

Steven Zhou

April 11, 2022 |

The Green Line |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

During the 1918 influenza pandemic, a sophisticated network of volunteer groups mobilized across Toronto to help people in need. The organizations coordinated with the U.S. Postal Service to distribute survey cards to homes where people were isolating to gather requests for food aid and other assistance.

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As Canadian police grapple with hate crimes, a wave of reforms are improving how some handle incidents

Mike Hager

April 11, 2022 |

The Globe and Mail |

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Response Location: Canada

Canadian police departments are introducing reforms to better handle hate crimes. Victims are offered support services and are kept informed about the ongoing police investigation.

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Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection

Suhasini Raj

April 10, 2022 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Lakshmipur

Women in villages throughout India and Bangladesh are “silent climate warriors” who plant mangrove trees as a way to mitigate the effects of rising waters. While it’s not always easy to convince their family members that they should do this, they have been able to grow an additional 2,000 acres of mangroves that can reduce the speed of waves and capture carbon dioxide. They also earn income, about $430 a year, for growing and planting saplings.

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How end-to-end mentorship, local scholarships helped young Nigerians get fully-funded scholarships abroad

Ifedayo Ogunyemi

April 09, 2022 |

Nigerian Tribune |

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Response Location: Nigeria

The i-Scholar Initiative grants scholarships to students pursuing graduate school for standardized tests and application fees and provides them with a mentor for support throughout the process of applying to colleges.

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Ugandan Mothers Honor Call to Donate Breast Milk, Save Preterm Babies at First Human Milk Bank

Rhonet Atwiine

April 09, 2022 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

The human milk bank at St. Francis Hospital opened in 2021 and is the first of its kind in the country. About eight mothers donate breast milk to the bank each day, which is then used to provide the necessary nutrients for the health and development of pre-term babies and those fighting illnesses.

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