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How to minimize your 'noise footprint'

Paige Towers

June 07, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States

No matter where you are in the world, noise pollution negatively impacts your life and the lives of many animals. Becoming more aware of the unnecessary noises in the world, such as lawnmowers and snowmobiles, may be the solution to reduce this environmental and health crisis.

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Moving Care Upstream: Appalachian Community Health Workers Take on Diabetes. And Get Results.

Anna Patrick

June 05, 2019 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

In West Virginia, a community health worker program trains community members to act as local health supporters. The program, which targets high-risk residents "in rural areas throughout Appalachia," eliminates the need for doctor visits for issues such as diabetes that are better treated at home with lifestyle changes.

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Prescription: More Broccoli, Fewer Carbs. How Some Doctors Are Looking To Food To Treat Illness

Karen Weintraub

June 04, 2019 |

WBUR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Belmont, Massachusetts

Food is not just linked to physical well-being but also mental health as well, and some doctors are now prescribing a change in diet to address psychiatric concerns. Although not necessarily a cure-all, this approach has shown success in studies and with actual patients.

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Herd Immunity: Jigawa's community-driven approach boosts immunisation coverage

Bashar Abubakar

June 03, 2019 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jigawa

Enrolling community members as Volunteer Community Mobilizers (VCMs) dramatically increases the effectiveness of public health campaigns. In Nigeria, the Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has made progress with regard to immunization rates through its health ambassador program. The VCMs act as links between the localities and the public health services, ensuring that each that child receives vaccinations on schedule. The state has also used VCMs to increase the frequency of home visits and outreach efforts.

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Making quieter roads

Ben McAllister

May 28, 2019 |

The Naked Scientists |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

The bigger the city, the busier the roads, which typically means more noise pollution as well. Because noise can negatively impact sleep and heart health, researchers are turning to promoting noise control engineering and sound barriers in hopes of reducing these adverse effects.

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Online learning is helping to solve Namibia's HIV doctor shortage

Amelia Axelsen

May 23, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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Response Location: Namibia

Providing access to international networks of expertise can improve the quality of healthcare available to those living in rural and remote areas. Project ECHO, an initiative based in New Mexico, has partnered with the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services to provide rural health care workers, doctors, and nurses with video-teleconferences with HIV specialists. The program helps to bridge knowledge gaps by providing access to an international network of specialists and resources for continuous leaning.

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A.I. Took a Test to Detect Lung Cancer. It Got an A.

Denise Grady

May 20, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

For doctors, reading CT scans can be time consuming and the readings aren't always accurate. In a possible move towards better efficiency, researchers from Google are collaborating with several medical centers to use artificial intelligence to interpret hard-to-read scans such as those that indicate pneumonia, cancer or a wrist fracture.

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World in Progress: Medellin's war on dengue-carrying mosquitoes

Victoria Stunt

May 16, 2019 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

The world mosquito program works across countries to reduce the mosquito's ability to transfer the dengue virus. As part of this international program, scientists in Medellin, Columbia have been breeding mosquitos in a lab that are injected with a bacterrium before being released back into the wild. Since starting this experiment, cases of dengue have drastically decreased.

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Business For Good: iBreastExam

Michaela Haas

May 14, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Accessing preventative health care, such as routine mammograms, is often dictated by socioeconomic levels and geographical boundaries. To change this, an engineer sought out technology and partnerships that eventually lead to the creation of iBreastExam, an affordable and mobile way to conduct a breast exam that is being used in 12 countries and has screened 250,000 women.

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Isolate, trace and respond: How a new emergency operations centre has improved outbreak response in Kebbi

Bashar Abubakar

May 13, 2019 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kebbi

Local public health infrastructure makes monitoring and responding to epidemic outbreaks possible. In Nigeria’s Kebbi state, The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) operates Public Health Emergency Operation Centers (PHEOC), which serve as local nodes in the country’s battle against infectious disease. Each PHEOC coordinates with a local committee of leaders in identifying, isolating, and treating cases of infectious disease.

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