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Indoor spraying keeps away malaria

Isaac Otwii

June 06, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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Response Location: Uganda, Dokolo

Indoor Residual Spraying, or IRS, is reducing cases of malaria in Dokolo. The Ministry of Health and several foreign aid groups like the World Health Organization funded the service, which treats indoor areas where infected mosquitoes may land. The spray residue kills mosquitoes on contact. Dokolo used to see 3,500 reported cases of malaria weekly, but now they see fewer than 300.

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Feeding the World

Robert Isenberg

June 05, 2018 |

East Side Monthly |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

An American woman founded a company that produces a life saving food ration for malnourished children. She employs 70 workers, mostly refugees, and her products nourish 2 million children yearly.

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Fostering Connections Between Young and Old

Julie Halpert

June 05, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Mitchelville, Maryland

Programs that promote interaction between young and old people benefit both groups emotionally. At a retirement community, Collington, music students perform for and interact with the residents in return for free room and board. Pop-up concerts and shared meals form friendships of the sort that research shows can reduce older adults' loneliness and increase their cognitive engagement. Young people gain in empathy, while both groups can make each other feel more needed. Programs responding to social isolation also bring children as young as infants into senior housing.

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Why Egypt Is at the Forefront of Hepatitis C Treatment

Ted Alcorn

May 29, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Egypt

Egypt has made significant strides in eliminating hepatitis C from the country by implementing an approach that combines both affordable drug access and an effort to get the drugs to those in need. Supported by the government, the country "debuted an online portal for those with the disease to register for treatment," followed by a nationwide screening program.

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Turning to liquid biopsy for early cancer detection

Nasibo Kabale

May 29, 2018 |

Business Daily |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Eldoret

A new liquid biopsy is able to detect all types of cancer via a blood test. This new technology will allow physicians to diagnose cancer and monitor cancer treatments without invasive tissue biopsies.

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Communities now lead fight against outbreak of diseases

Syriacus Buguzi

May 28, 2018 |

The Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Morogoro

The South African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance is piloting a program to use smartphone technology to report and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. The program trains community members to recognize signs of infectious diseases, such as vomiting and diarrhea, and report them through their smartphones. These reports are relayed to a team of specialists who track the location and frequency of these reports to determine if an outbreak of disease is occurring and respond accordingly.

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How Max's injury became Max's Law

Lee van der Voo

May 23, 2018 |

InvestigateWest |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

After a high school football player in Oregon was concussed in a game, his condition elevated to a traumatic brain injury when he was sent back in to play without proper rest. To combat this lapse in judgment from happening again, the state passed legislation that "set out guidelines that a coach must follow in the event that he or she suspects a player has received a blow to the head or body and then exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with a concussion."

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The women's health advocates pitching the end of cervical cancer

Catherine Cheney

May 22, 2018 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

90 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur in countries where preventative care is unavailable. An organization called TogetHER is leading the charge to eradicate cervical cancer deaths by raising funds to distribute HPV vaccinations worldwide and integrating cervical cancer screenings into women's health clinics as part of routine care.

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New Hampshire syringe programs: 'Meeting people where they're at'

Shawne K. Wickham

May 19, 2018 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Rochester, New Hampshire

Hand Up Health Services is a syringe services program that provides clean needles to addicts, also known as “needles exchange” programs. The program is only one of two in New Hampshire. While there's a lot of stigma behind these types of programs, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions shows that “ people who inject drugs are five times more likely to enter treatment if they connect with an SSP.”

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100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.

Brian Resnick

May 17, 2018 |

Vox |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Physical methods like surgery and painkillers don’t always work to control pain. In some cases, cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to help where traditional methods fall short. Pilot initiatives at different university hospitals around the world are challenging the idea that real pain must be physical.

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