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  • Stopping Pandemics Before They Start

    June 27, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Norway

    With climate change, population pressures and mobilization epidemics will occur more frequently, and past ones have proven to be disastrous and expensive. The Center for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is focused on developing vaccines to viruses such as Ebola, as well as creating a fast approval path for future vaccines and helping increase global preparedness for future epidemics.

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  • As the U.S. Wrests Greater Control Over HIV, What's the Key to Success?

    April 05, 2017 |

    POZ Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    As HIV rates rise, various states within the United States are working to address underlying issues that contribute to this increase by improving surveillance methods. Based on the premise that better record-keeping will lead to better solutions, some cities are already seeing success in reducing rates because they’re better able to target specific populations and communities.

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  • Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways

    March 28, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Haiti, Cap-Haïtien, Department of Nord

    Haiti is currently battling the biggest cholera epidemic in recent history caused by lack of access to clean drinking water. Soil is an NGO which delivers dry, compost toilets to peoples’ homes - alternatives to water guzzling flushing toilets, which need infrastructure such as sewers - to help keep sewage from contaminating water sources and provide dignified, safe toilet facilities.

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  • We finally have an effective Ebola vaccine. The war on the disease is about to change.

    December 22, 2016 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Guinea

    In Guinea, scientists were ready to test a new vaccine but due to the decline of cases of ebola there were too few cases to run a meaningful traditional randomized study. Using ring vaccination, a public health method used to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s, the scientists were able to test the vaccine which is now considered a safe and 100% effective vaccine.

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  • How Sri Lanka wiped out malaria

    October 24, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka was one of the countries most affected by malaria, but through decades of fighting the country achieved malaria-free status from the World Health Organization. The fight against malaria was won through regional initiatives, since different parts of the country had different challenges in overcoming the disease.

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  • An African trailblazer

    September 15, 2016 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Gahini Sector, Kayonza District

    Rwanda is a poor, rural country with a troubled history. Yet the country has built an effective national health system by tackling the diseases of poverty, such as diarrhea and pneumonia, with smart use of international aid and local health workers.

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  • The Race for a Zika Vaccine

    August 22, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the past two years, Zika virus has arisen as one of the most pressing public health concerns. This piece charts the worldwide efforts by doctors using new technology to develop a vaccine for Zika.

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  • How to Beat Dengue and Zika: Add a Microbe to Mosquitoes

    August 08, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Australia, Cairns

    The dengue virus is spread by mosquito and infects 400 million people every year with no vaccine or successful treatment. Scientists have started to inject mosquitoes with a bacteria they have found to stop the virus to prevent and control the spread of dengue. Trials have shown success in Australia, so the project is in the process of scaling to other countries that have dengue more widespread, and new experiments will begin on whether it can effectively stop the spread of the Zika virus.

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  • He Survived Ebola. Now He's Fighting to Keep It From Spreading.

    May 26, 2016 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: Guinea, Faranah

    A doctor in Guinea trains health workers to halt the transmission of Ebola, but also must work to increase trust in and reliance on health care workers among villagers through a "community agents" network.

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  • A Tale of Two Cities

    May 16, 2016 |

    POZ Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Two of America’s largest cities, New York City and San Francisco, are working to reduce HIV rates by bringing better health care options closer to the communities and connecting individuals with resources such as insurance and payment methods. Although the two cities are using different approaches, both are seeing early success in fighting against the epidemic.

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