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  • How Norway Convinced Drivers to Switch to Electric Cars

    April 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Norway

    Norway provides financial incentives for its citizens to transition to electric vehicles. The strategy is working—electric vehicles are responsible for 40 percent of new car sales, compared to 2 percent in the United States.

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  • Stressed? Richland County mental health board launches free, confidential helpline

    April 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    To better address the increased likelihood of people experiencing stress and anxiety due to the coronavirus pandemic, Richland County mental health providers have launched a hotline for children and families to call for counseling, free of charge. The hotline is staffed by counselors and case managers and is in addition to other crisis intervention phone lines already in place.

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  • Saving and protecting peatlands in Indonesia

    April 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    The degradation of peatlands is a public health and climate change issue. Organizations in Indonesia are working to understand these wetlands better by mapping the location of them throughout the country and around the world. By creating a comprehensive picture of peatlands, which contribute up to 10 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, key partners can understand how to prevent carbon emitting from the wetlands into the atmosphere.

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  • Chef Erik Bruner-Yang's Industrious Restaurant Relief Program Launches on the West Coast

    April 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A restaurant relief effort called the Power of 10 Initiative aims to support a devastated hospitality industry. The project raises $10,000 a week to support 10 full-time jobs at small restaurants, who then provide 1,000 meals to essential workers and people in need. After a successful launch in Washington, DC, the initiative is now moving to Los Angeles, California.

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  • Rhode Island's successful reopening of child-care programs shows ‘there is a path,' CDC director says

    April 21, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    A CDC study of Rhode-Island childcare centers revealed that out of the 666 childcare centers that were opened, only four had cases that involved the spread of the virus. That’s because of the strict adherence to safety guidelines such as minimum enrollment, no switching of students between groups, and mask wearing. CDC officials believe this is evidence that reopening of child care is possible if the right precautions are taken.

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  • How Uganda's history of epidemics has prepared it for COVID-19

    April 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Having spent a number of years combatting Ebola and Marburg viruses, officials in Uganda were able to quickly set into a motion a series of proactive strategies such as restriction of movement, surveillance strategies, and widespread testing to help contain the coronavirus outbreak. Although the approach isn't without its limitations – many are stockpiling groceries out of fear – the rapid and aggressive measures have kept the country's caseload low compared to that of other African nations.

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  • In a Philippine indigenous stronghold, traditions keep COVID-19 at bay

    April 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Cordillera Administrative Region

    To combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, provinces in the northern Philippines have implemented a tengao, an indigenous version of a lockdown. Since community elders invoked the lockdown, the region has recorded few cases of infection. Government officials said these practices, including other indigenous rituals, have complemented quarantine orders enforced by the national government.

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  • Want to end state lockdowns? Send in the coronavirus detectives.

    April 21, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    As a method known as contact tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people, has been hailed as a success in countries like South Korea, the United States has begun to employ the technique as it considers reopening parts of the economy. Relying heavily on widespread testing, contact tracing is already being used in Massachusetts, where an organization called Partners for Health trained 300 volunteers as contact tracers.

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  • South Korea Offers a Lesson in Best Practices

    April 21, 2020 |

    Foreign Affairs |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    South Korea's national government took quick action and implemented sweeping policy changes that have helped the country better control the spread of Covid-19. Contact tracing and democratizing the creation of testing supplies were two key aspects, but a major influencer was how quickly the country set these actions into motion by centralizing their approach.

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  • Tests, tracing, telemedicine: Singapore tech fights virus surge

    April 21, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Singapore has instituted three specific measures to help contain coronavirus and cope with current isolation requirements: testing, telehealth, and contact tracing. The commonality between the three approaches is the utilization of biotechnology and research that has succeeded due to collaborative efforts between the government and tech sector.

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