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  • How Baltimore Escaped the Worst of Covid-19

    Michael Ollove

    November 01, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The city of Baltimore escaped the worst of COVID-19 with high vaccination rates, high rates of health coverage, and strong support from political leaders who cooperated across ideological lines. Medicaid expansion helped achieve relatively high health insurance rates. Officials were also a bit more and cautious in reopening businesses and schools and relaxing mask requirements. The city didn’t escape the death and illness seen during the pandemic, but for these reasons it fared better than comparable areas.

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  • Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil

    Benjamin Ryan

    October 31, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Grasslands are important players in carbon sequestration. In the U.S. and Kenya some farmers are switching to regenerative grazing. For some this entails concentrating herds of cows and resting paddocks for long periods of time, and for others it means reseeding native grasses. This all forms part of a larger global network to restore grasslands.

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  • Is Abiyamo Scheme To The Rescue For Ondo Women After Abiye's Exit?

    Shola Ilesanmi

    October 29, 2021 |

    The Precision NG |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ondo

    The Abiyamo Maternal and Child Health Insurance Scheme provides free maternal and early childhood care, including hospital deliveries, to improve maternal and childhood survival rates. The government made a budgetary provision to guarantee annual funds, ensuring the program will last beyond the current administration. Traditional birth attendants are paid for every woman they refer to a hospital and hospitals are paid via a lump sum or fee-for-service model. Media campaigns and engagement with local stakeholders have helped increase hospital deliveries and while giving women free high-quality care.

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  • ¿Hay un cáncer 100% prevenible? Si, el de cérvix

    Mónica Quesada Cordero

    October 29, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    El sistema de salud de Costa Rica ha implementado un programas de tamizaje para el cáncer de cervix que le han permitido disminuir los casos de cáncer avanzado que detectan y así disminuir la mortalidad pro este cancer. El país tiene de los índices más bajos de latinoamérica de mortalidad y de los más altos de supervivencia.

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  • Orlando man's 7th arrest in 7 years raises questions about mental competency system

    Erik Sandoval

    October 29, 2021 |

    WKMG-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    Orange County, Florida, courts have ordered thousands of mental-competency hearings in recent years to test whether criminal defendants are mentally capable of facing charges. If they are not, they get released, leaving mental illnesses untreated and leading to repeat cycles of arrest and release that sap public resources and threaten public safety. Miami-Dade’s Criminal Mental Health Project offers a more effective model, in which police officers are trained to call in mental health professionals who can get the person into treatment rather than jail.

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  • Pueblos in New Mexico turn to goats for fire management

    Wufei Yu

    October 29, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico

    Tribes in New Mexico have enlisted over 70 goats to help clear dry brush, branches, and invasive plants, which can otherwise become fuel for potential fires. The program, which has been running for almost a whole year has proven successful and it serves a dual purpose--the goats eat, and the chances of potential fires are greatly reduced. "Sandia Pueblo’s goat experiment has garnered interest from other tribes that see goats as a more natural way to tend the land than heavy machinery and chemicals."

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  • The seeds to build permanent farmworker housing are planted. Will there be a harvest?

    Pam Marino

    October 29, 2021 |

    Monterey County Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Soledad, California

    A research study is spurring change and leading to the addition of more housing units in Soledad. Agriculture is the main industry of the region, making farmworker housing a priority. Vacant housing has been rehabilitated and several new developments have been built to house both year-round and migrant workers.

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  • Armed with pamphlets: the battle to register women voters in Libya

    Hendia Alashepy

    October 29, 2021 |

    The National |

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    Response Location: Libya

    Libya’s Electoral Outreach Ambassadors program aims to increase women’s trust in the political process and register new voters. The female ambassadors are experienced in civil society participation but are not affiliated with any political or religious group, which is key to building trust given the country’s recent civil war. Ambassadors are trained in many tactics and left to tailor their own strategy so that it is best suited for their own district. Outreach efforts include a combination of house visits, workshops in private and public institutions, and talks with women in public spaces.

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  • Technology gives critical assist to firefighting efforts

    Victoria Franco

    October 28, 2021 |

    Local News Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, first responders have implemented technology to assist with wildfires and evacuations. The two tools are ALERTWildfire and Zonehaven. ALERTWildfire is a system of cameras that help firefighters locate, confirm, and detect the size of the wildfire before they even leave the station. There are 900 cameras installed throughout the state. Zonehaven is a tool that allows first responders to communicate evacuation plans to residents. The program has been used in multiple counties and jurisdictions.

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  • How a Group of Black Doctors Got Philadelphia Vaccinated

    Linda Poon Jeff Green

    October 28, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    More than half of Philadelphia’s Black residents were vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine due to the efforts of the Black Doctors Consortium: A group of health-care professionals that was present within the community through mobile-testing sites, general health checkups, and a presence that built trust during the pandemic. When the vaccine became available the Black Doctors Consortium was able to draw large numbers of people to their vaccination site.

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