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  • Pakistan pins big hopes on small dams to help farmers beat drought

    January 25, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Nagarparkar, Sindh

    A government scheme in Pakistan involves the construction of water-harvesting dams in areas that experience droughts, which allows farmers in the region to use the irrigation water from the dams for their crops. One farmer is growing onions and wheat and because of the access to water, his income has increased more than 60 percent. There are concerns about how helpful the water from the dams will ultimately be in the arid region, but there are plans to build more dams in the next few years.

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  • Amid Covid Health Worker Shortage, Foreign-Trained Professionals Sit on Sidelines

    January 25, 2021 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A small cohort of states have eased restrictions and eliminated beauracratic barriers for foreign-trained doctors to practice medicine in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic as a means of better staffing hospitals. The states that have created these temporary licenses for "foreign-trained nurses, certified nurse’s aides, physician assistants and many other health professionals" have recieved numerous applications, although not all who apply qualify.

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  • Au Centre Primo-Levi, on répare les âmes et les corps hantés par les violences et l'exil

    January 25, 2021 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Depuis vingt-cinq ans, cette structure parisienne a accueilli et soigné plus de 4 100 réfugiés en provenance du monde entier, victimes de traumatismes tant physiques que psychologiques. Pour les aider : une approche pluridisciplinaire incluant médecins, kinésithérapeutes, assistantes sociales et juristes.

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  • A rural county in Washington state hasn't wasted a single Covid-19 vaccine dose. Here's its secret

    January 25, 2021 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Kittitas County, Washington

    Kittitas County is leading the way in Washington state in efforts to distribute the coronavirus vaccine thanks to having a strong disaster management system in place. The county is accustomed to responding to disasters, such as wildfires, and tapped the deputy fire chief of Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue to lead the incident response team. He explains, "The infrastructure that we have with everybody communicating, everybody willing to be flexible and play whatever role's necessary and an understanding of (incident command system) and emergency operation centers gives us the framework to do it."

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  • Handling the herd: how Boston built its massive covid testing apparatus

    January 25, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Using data to determine which neighborhoods would likely be disproportionately at risk for COVID-19, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has been moving their pop-up testing site to a new area every two weeks and has been able to conduct nearly 5,000 tests per week across the city as a result. Once the vaccine becomes available in the city, officials plan to replicate this testing model.

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  • Drive-thru vaccinators in state getting creative

    January 25, 2021 |

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, England, Arkansas

    While drive-thru testing sites became fairly commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic, a local pharmacy in a small town on the Arkansas Grand Prairie has now converted a church into coronavirus vaccination drive-thru clinic. The site is able to vaccinate up to 70 people per day, and residents say that it's not only easier to be able to stay in their car, but that they appreciate getting the shot from a pharmacy that has already earned their trust.

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  • After the Capitol Was Stormed, Teachers Try Explaining History in Real Time

    January 25, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    After the insurrection at the U.S. capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, teachers across the country responded to the event by finding ways to discuss the event with students. “They have turned to science fiction, Shakespearean tragedy and the fall of Rome in search of parallels to help their students process the often frightening and surely historic events.” Students and teachers turned to discussions to unpack the event.

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  • Telehealth addition makes Texas school nurse's offices look a lot different

    January 24, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    A handful of schools across Texas are implementing a telehealth program known as SchoolMed Virtual Care for Families to better serve their student body. The program pairs a virtual doctor with the school's in-person nurse to help assess the student and decide what sort of testing may be necessary or if the student can remain in school or should go home. During the pandemic, this service has played a significant role at at least one school in keeping the school open by being able to test on-site and order immediate isolation.

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  • How West Virginia Became a U.S. Leader in Vaccine Rollout

    January 24, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    Prior to the COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out to states, West Virginia preemptively opted out of the federal distribution plan that relied on CVS and Walgreens and instead partnered local pharmacies with long-term care facilities to vaccinate residents. The state's control over distribution has been extremely successful when compared to that of all other states; however, West Virginia officials are now reporting that their rate of vaccination is so efficient that it is outpacing their supply.

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  • Inmates are learning to be their own bosses after they leave jail behind

    January 24, 2021 |

    Mashable |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Inmates to Entrepreneurs has graduated 1 million people from its eight-week program that teaches incarcerated people how to start their own low-capital businesses. An extension of a free online entrepreneurship course, Starter U, the program offered in-person workshops until COVID forced it to go virtual. One study shows the unemployment rate in December 2020 for formerly incarcerated people was more than 27%, more than four times higher than the general public. Inmates to Entrepreneurs was started 28 years ago in North Carolina's prison system.

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