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  • COVID19: In Uganda, volunteers on bicycles are filling the gaps to deliver HIV drugs

    April 27, 2020 |

    Stories for Human Rights and Social Inclusion |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Strict social distancing and stay-at-home orders – including the suspension of public transportation – in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic have made if difficult for those who need anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs to regularly access the medications. Volunteers, however, are filling the gap by creating a detailed delivery strategy and then delivering the medications to their fellow community members by bicycle.

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  • In Seoul, the Art World Gets Back to Business

    April 27, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    The art world in Seoul is cautiously taking steps to reopening business following the COVID-19 quarantine. To keep safe, galleries are practicing the usual social distancing guidelines, wearing masks, and collecting contact information from visitors in order to contact trace if necessary. The art world is now in the process of figuring out how to adapt their business with the new normal brought by the coronavirus.

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  • Utah Guard soldiers bring their language skills to a new battlefront — as contact tracers in war against coronavirus

    April 27, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    To contain coronavirus, Utah has enabled contact tracing that utilizes state employees to make phone calls to those who have potentially been exposed to the virus but many they call do not speak English. To address the language barrier, members from the Utah National Guard’s 300th Military Intelligence Brigade – who serve on the linguistic unit – are volunteering to provide translations.

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  • $1 testing kits: Senegal's approach to coronavirus

    April 27, 2020 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Senegal, Dakar

    As the COVID-19 pandemic picked up across the world, Senegal, taking lessons from its experiences with Ebola, acted quickly. Measures like hard travel restrictions and lockdowns, daily information briefings and broadcasts, subsidizing hotels for isolations and quarantine, fever checks at most public locations, and cheap and accessible testing. Key to all of this has been the localized context – understanding what will work best for Senegal citizens, especially those in remote areas.

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  • In Spain, a Strong Sense of Solidarity Drives Endurance in the Pandemic

    April 27, 2020 |

    PassBlue |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Spain's collectivist culture, free public-health system, and economic support structures have helped the country to combat the spread of coronavirus. One measure – known as "temporary employment regulation file, or expediente de regulación temporaria de empleo" – specifically helps those who would have otherwise lost their jobs due to business closures by allowing the employer to sign his or her employees up :to get paid by the state a monthly amount of approximately 70 percent of her/his latest taxable salary."

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  • As restaurants stay closed, chefs still cooking — for health care workers

    April 26, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Feed the Frontlines Boulder is one initiative of several across the state of Colorado that are working to support healthcare workers and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual donors and local nonprofits donate money for restaurants to produce warm meals for medical professionals at work. The meals serve as an appreciative gesture towards those on the front line and helps restaurants keep their employees working, use their supplies, and have a source of income. Feed the Frontlines started on March 30th and has since delivered over 2,500 meals made by nine local restaurants.

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  • Community Colleges across the state offering more than education to students during pandemic

    April 26, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    When schools had to shut down in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, community colleges across New Hampshire found ways to accommodate and aid their students through the pandemic. Lakes Region Community College helped its culinary students complete their cooking lesson by offering meal box pick up for them to prepare at home. At River Valley Community College, students can set up appointments to pick up supplies from the food pantry, and five of the seven colleges in the state have offered students free access to online counseling portals.

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  • How do you build a city for a pandemic? Audio icon

    April 26, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Major populated cities such as New York and London were once regarded as "death traps," but a series of deadly outbreaks led to structural changes that worked to improve the public health outcomes for those living there. From sewer systems to therapeutic gardens, the health of those living in cities has improved in a variety of ways, however, that has not stopped densely populated areas from turning into hotspots for coronavirus. To address this, local governments are experimenting with even more structural changes such as turning city streets into walking and biking paths.

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  • Testing for the coronavirus in Vermont: What's next?

    April 26, 2020 |

    VT Digger |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    The local government in Vermont has relied on collective efforts from citizens, medical professionals, and state police to implement a strategy to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Faced with a testing shortage from the onset, officials instead turned to a "mitigation approach," which included repurposing a university lab to conduct Covid-19 tests while also enlisting police to transport the Covid-19 collection samples from the medical facilities to the lab.

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  • Is Macron's Grand Débat a Democratic Dawn for France?

    April 26, 2020 |

    Carnegie Europe |

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    Response Location: France

    The Grand Débat, or Great Debate, provided channels for the public to voice their opinions regarding public policy and decision-making. It resulted in almost 2 million online suggestions, 10,000 local meetings, 16,000 complaint books, and several citizen assemblies. It was a success in terms of citizen engagement, but the process was criticized for not capturing diverse viewpoints (drawing mainly from university-educated homeowners over the age of 50) and sacrificing quality for quantity. It is unclear what reforms will come of it and some believe there were hidden political agendas behind initiating it.

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