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One doctor, two states: Comparing Texas and North Carolina transparency

Matt Grant Dalton Huey

February 15, 2022 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

The North Carolina Medical Board posts reports of doctors’ disciplinary actions, hospital privilege actions, and malpractice settlements on an online database to increase transparency with patients.

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Troquer au lieu d'acheter : la solution lilloise pour limiter les déchets textiles

Matthieu Slisse

February 15, 2022 |

Médiacités |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France, Lille

200 000 tonnes de vêtements d’occasion sont collectées chaque année en France. Un gisement colossal en majorité exporté faute de débouchés suffisants dans l’Hexagone. Au centre-ville de Lille, une boutique propose de troquer ses vêtements au lieu de les acheter.

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Cooperativas de reparto en bici vs apps

Juan Pablo Ramos Javier Mestre

February 14, 2022 |

Cletofilia |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Mexico

Repartidores en bicicleta en la Ciudad de México aprenden de las experiencias de cooperativismo de repartidores de otros países, como Francia, y ante la emergencia del COVID-19 y las situaciones vividas durante la pandemia , se organizan en colectivos para repratir producto, que luego se transforman en empresas cooperativas que les da mejores garantías y les permite generar sus propio modelo de negocio.

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In Sierra Leone's swamps, female farmers make profits and peace

Peter Yeung

February 12, 2022 |

Al Jazeera |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sierra Leone, Matagelema

With support and training from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund's World Food Program, an association of roughly 150 women in Matagelema, Sierra Leone have begun irrigating and farming inland valley swamps there for the first time. They are among more than 4,000 farmers now cultivating in the country's swamps, which provide a higher crop yield than upland farming and are located farther from conflict zones with the region's rutile miners.

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How Kaduna's Warring Badarawa Communities Became Peace Observers

Nathaniel Bivan

February 12, 2022 |

HumAngle |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

The Interfaith Mediation Centre trains residents in regions stricken by religious conflict between Christians and Muslims to become Community Peace Observers who promote a culture of non-violence and intervene in potential conflict using targeted communication techniques. The effort has led communities to form their own task forces, committees, and forums around peacekeeping, and Christians and Muslims there now commingle through community events and institutions after years of strict separation.

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How Saanich Peninsula's Shoreline Medical Society has been fighting the doctor shortage

Emily Fagan

February 11, 2022 |

Capital Daily |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Saanich Peninsula, British Columbia

Shoreline Medical is a non-profit primary care network on the Saanich Peninsula that has expanded residents’ access to primary care doctors. The group has successfully attracted family care doctors despite a severe shortage through combining community and hospital-based care. Doctors spend five weeks working in family medicine and one week assisting with low-severity cases in the emergency room. The physician staffing growth has allowed Shoreline to increase their patient case load to over 17,000 residents, 11,000 of whom previously lacked a primary care doctor.

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How to recycle the unrecyclable

Kai Steinecke

February 11, 2022 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

A chemical recycling plant in Germany is taking old tires and turning them back into their original components. From there, those materials can be used in the production of insulation, steel, and oil. The gas that is discharged during the process is also used to power the whole plant. Other plants around the world are also exploring how to take plastic waste and chemically recycle it instead of burning it, so there are less carbon emissions.

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How a Two-Way Text Messaging System Keeps People Out of Jail

Lauren Sonnenberg

February 11, 2022 |

The Crime Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

An app is simplifying communication within the legal system. People on probation, probation officers, and public defenders can all see appointments, check-ins, and course loads. Uptrust helps prevent violations by providing an easy way to organize court dates, tests, and to facilitate check-ins. The application also helps clients search for social services nearby.

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Mamoiada: the transformation from criminal backwater to tourist attraction. The story of a region that has fought - and won - a courageous battle

Laura D'Orsi

February 11, 2022 |

News48 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy, Mamoiada, Sardinia

Increased tourism in Mamoiada has enabled the region to develop into a destination that now boasts multiple hotels, restaurants, and wine shops. The transformation from Italian countryside to high-end tourist destination has improved the quality of life of residents and has benefited all those involved.

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The Eco-Friendlier Future of the Disposable Spork

Michaela Haas

February 11, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Schwedt

A clean-tech startup in Germany is producing sustainable food packaging out of agricultural waste as an alternative solution to single-use plastic. Bio-Lutions claims its products are compostable and uses less water than other products, but the material used won’t work for some food items like hot beverages. The company already has investors such as Delivery Hero that will use its products when the factory is producing compostable packaging.

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