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  • Lesotho Taps Taxi Drivers to Fight HIV With Male Circumcision

    June 06, 2016 |

    Newsweek |

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    Response Location: Lesotho, Maseru

    Jhpiego, a US nonprofit, trains and funds local taxi drivers in Lesotho to educate their passengers about male circumcision which can be instrumental in preventing HIV.

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  • Educate Your Immune System

    June 03, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Why do poorer countries like Russia have much lower rates of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes? Preventing autoimmune disorders may require emulating aspects of that “dirtier” world: safely bottling the kinds of microbes that protect the Russian kids, so we can give them to everyone and guide the “postmodern” immune system along a healthier path of development.

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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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  • The Flint of California

    May 25, 2016 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Matheny Tract, California

    The Flint lead crisis has made us think of tainted water as an urban problem, aging pipes slowly poisoning the children of poor communities - but a huge amount of America’s substandard drinking water is actually consumed in all but invisible rural areas. An arsenic-poisoned community in California becomes the test case for a new legal idea: the 'human right to water.'

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  • When Cleaning Is A Matter Of Life And Death

    May 24, 2016 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    A collaborative approach to cleaning protocols has helped a group of hospitals in New York to reduce infection rates for the "most common hospital-borne infection in U.S. hospitals." The cleaning staff are crucial to this endeavor that focuses on using a "shared, scientifically-proven cleaning method" to keep the hospital rooms free of the bacteria.

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  • Creating an environment that promotes health

    May 18, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

    In an attempt to address liver disease, diabetes, obesity and other health issues, Brownsville has launched a comprehensive, cohesive approach to promoting health, being named a model for other communities across the country.

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  • Simple initiatives may curtail alcohol use

    May 17, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In an attempt to curb risky alcohol use and its consequences, advocates and researchers are launching two initiatives in El Paso – one to get people to reconsider their drinking habits, and another to reduce underage drinking at parties.

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  • Finding Organ Donors Concealed in Plain Sight

    May 17, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Organ donation waiting lists can often hold wait times of months or even years. Thousands of lives could be saved with better ways to reach to the millions of Americans willing to donate an organ.

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  • Eradicating hepatitis C is within reach

    May 16, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Hepatitis C is a deadly disease that has yet to be eradicated in the United States (and worldwide). Organizations in El Paso and across the country are working to get people tested and treated for the virus.

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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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