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  • Hope, the Senegalese app that saves lives by optimizing blood donations

    August 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Thies

    An app developed by a two telecommunications design engineers in Senegal is helping to connect hospitals with blood donors. The app alerts donors in nearby areas when blood is needed and sends "messages of thanks and donation reminders," which has helped to decrease the regional stigma about donating blood. Although the technology has not achieved widespread adoption, where it has been used, blood donations have significantly increased.

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  • A Healthy Quality of Life Should Be Available to All — Even the Poor, Sick and Disenfranchised

    August 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    Advocates in Tenneessee are looking to California's state-funded programs that approach the issue of homelessness holistically, providing wraparound services. Social services are combined with medical care, to help those who live in poverty and are at risk of medical issues that lead to debt and eventually homelessness. The program is known as Whole Person Care and provides supportive services to those who end up in emergency rooms.

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  • New York Police Change Attitudes After Implicit-Bias Training

    August 30, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Mandatory implicit-bias training for all New York Police Department officers influenced the thinking and behavior of a majority of the department, but there is no proof that it reduced racial and ethnic disparities in the department's enforcement practices. A survey conducted after the $5.5 million, 2018-19 training program found that 70% of officers reported a better understanding of the problem and 58% said they attempted to put the coaching they received into practice. The training was aimed at increasing officers' awareness of their racial biases in order to improve relations with the community.

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  • New Community Responses Bring Hope to the Homeless in Washington, D.C., But They Still Need More Permanent Housing

    August 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Washington D.C. has decreased the number of people experiencing homelessness through the implementation of its permanent supportive housing programs. The 'housing first' initiatives prioritize providing permanent housing to those experiencing homelessness and then connecting those residents to all the services they need to maintain that housing. There are no requirements of sobriety, employment, or medication to receive the permanent housing. The local government adopted the housing first approach in 2008 and has seen a decline in homelessness.

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  • How to Meet New People, Even at a Distance Audio icon

    August 29, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Coronavirus-related loneliness increased demand for groups that help people make personal connections and new friends, even if at a distance. A New York MeetUp, “I wanted to do that … just not alone”, has seen attendance at socially distanced activities increase. “Living Room Conversations,” an online platform where volunteers host discussions on timely topics, saw 1,000 new members since March and a 62% increase in page views. The groups encourage vulnerability and connection, but are not meant to replace professional mental-health counseling for those who are struggling with loneliness and other traumas.

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  • How the University of Arizona used No. 2 to solve its No. 1 problem

    August 29, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Amongst other efforts, the University of Arizona has begun analyzing sewage to mitigate the spread of coronavirus as students return to campus for the new school year. The practice is known as wastewater-based epidemiology, and university officials have already been able to diagnose and isolate two asymptomatic cases due to this new initiative.

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  • Bringing the endangered Vancouver Island marmot back from the brink

    August 29, 2020 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    The Vancouver Island marmot is making a comeback, thanks to recovery efforts from the Marmot Recovery Foundation. By 2003, there were only 27 marmots left in Canada’s wilderness, but their population has rebounded to just over 200 animals. These marmots are bred in captivity, where they can be monitored and acclimated to predators before being released into the wild. However, saving the species from extinction takes a lot of effort and money.

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  • Cincinnati Tenants Are Building Equity With Each Rent Payment

    August 28, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Dividend housing is an innovative initiative in Cincinnati giving renters the benefit of building equity without buying or selling real estate. Residents earn credits by maintaining the property, attending monthly tenant meetings, and paying their rent on time. In addition to equity, residents are guaranteed permanent affordable rent. Rental equity provides a security net, which can be cashed out and is also available as credits that residents can use to invest in other properties being built by their property developer.

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  • Could the Coronavirus Yield a More Robust Northwest Seafood Economy?

    August 28, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Garibaldi, Oregon

    The international seafood supply chain was disrupted in the wake of the pandemic but small fisheries in the northwest have tapped into new local markets. The fisheries, which generally depend on exporting seafood internationally as well as supplying restaurants, have found an interest among local consumers in fresh seafood that has led to community-supported fisheries and includes meal kits. Smaller operations have found it easier to pivot to regional customers and have taken the opportunity to build a stronger regional food system which creates a sustainable seafood market.

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  • The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe chase down a virus

    August 28, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

    The White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation are using contact tracing to not just slow the spread of coronavirus but to "completely contain" it in their communities, and they are already seeing success from their aggressive efforts. The tribes originally had some of the highest numbers of cases, but according to a local epidemiologist and physician at Whiteriver Indian Hospital, they have now “seen a significant decline in cases on the reservation at the same time that things were on fire for the rest of the state."

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