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  • COVID-19 Eased Drug Treatment Rules—And That Saved Lives.

    December 18, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States

    Rules changes designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at drug-treatment clinics had the benefit of improving access to treatment, which experts say has saved thousands of lives. Although overdose deaths have increased during the pandemic, they would be far higher but for emergency rules allowing for telehealth consultations with medical professionals, fewer restrictions on the use and storage of long-term supplies of methadone, and insurance coverage of addiction medications. Though not everyone prefers telephone consults over in-person visits, enough do that advocates want to make the changes permanent.

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  • How a 1980s AIDS Support Group Changed The Internet Forever

    December 18, 2020 |

    OneZero |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In the 1980s, a virtual messaging network, then known as bulletin board systems (BBSs), acted as a support group for many who were in search of peer support and reliable information as the AIDS epidemic spread. Although the site was a grassroots effort with little to no financial stability, it grew to 500 daily users and 100 messages posted per day.

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  • Rentervention connects renters with legal services, virtually

    December 18, 2020 |

    The Columbia Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A chatbox is dispensing free legal advice and even writing and sending letters to landlords to help tenants facing eviction. Landlords typically hire lawyers in eviction cases, while the majority of tenants arrive in court without any legal assistance, leaving them at a distinct disadvantage. The chatbox, cleverly named Rentervention, has been especially busy helping tenants avoid eviction since the start of the pandemic.

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  • How New York City Vaccinated 6 Million People in Less Than a Month

    December 18, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When a smallpox outbreak was deemed to be a likelihood in New York City in 1947, the city’s health commissioner rapidly launched a vaccination campaign that leveraged internal collaboration, consistent and transparent communication, and contact tracing. The effort culminated in more than six million people receiving vaccination in under a month, and only 12 infections and two deaths total. While this "public health triumph" hold lessons for the current COVID-19 pandemic, experts caution, “It’s almost inconceivable that we’re going to be able to do something similar as rapidly and as effectively.”

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  • 'A mindset for survival': how to help small businesses survive Covid-19

    December 17, 2020 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Nicaragua

    Small businesses in the global South were able to survive the past year of COVID-19 and the domino effect it had on the business community with the help of enterprise support organizations. In addition to financial help, organizations like TechnoServe provided help with operations, business planning, reworking disrupted supply chains, pivoting to new business plans and markets, as well as HR management. The organizations drew from lessons learned in previous times of economic uncertainty to help entrepreneurs become resilient.

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  • How locals are helping refugees navigate Hamburg's crowded housing market

    December 17, 2020 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    The Wohnbrücke Hamburg project, which translates to “housing bridge,” helps refugees in their search for affordable housing in Hamburg, Germany. The complicated process is made harder due to language and cultural barrier in addition to xenophobia. The Wohnbrücke Hamburg project mediates between refugees and landlords and has successfully helped 785 households secure their living arrangements.

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  • An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires

    December 17, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Indigenous Peoples Burn Network, is a collaboration of Native nations, academic researchers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that advocate for and train fire-lighters in the indigenous practices of controlled forest burns. Under careful supervision, fire-lighters spread lines of fire beneath trees to create fuel-free areas and protect old growth trees from burning. Controlled burns preserve resources that are part of Native cultures, encourage and protect wildlife and biodiversity, and decrease the frequency of largescale, out-of-control forest fires.

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  • These Buses Bring School to Students

    December 17, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Michigan

    In Jackson, Michigan, 1 in 5 children have access to wifi through school buses. Out of the roughly 5,000 children, 70 percent qualify for free and reduced lunch. The buses guarantee they have reliable access to the internet during a pandemic. The buses park outside apartment complexes, a homeless shelter, and the rec center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s just one way the school district is adapting to student needs during a health pandemic.

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  • As Homelessness Rises in Seattle, So Does a Native American Housing Solution

    December 17, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Supportive housing options geared toward Native Americans specifically are rare but much-needed resources in urban areas like Seattle where up to 15% percent of the homeless population belongs to the native community. Native community members are made to feel at home in shelter facilities in Portland and Phoenix where resources include traditional and cultural practices, Native artwork, vocational rehabilitation, and the presence of other Natives getting back on their feet. A Seattle housing project set to open in 2021 will address “the critical shortage of culturally competent outreach."

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  • A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data

    December 17, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: Togo

    To quickly distribute money to poverty-stricken areas in Togo during the coronavirus pandemic, the country's government turned to mobile cash payments. Working with a nonprofit and UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action, Togo established a system of mobile payments to reach 30,000 of Togo’s poorest people who were identified via satellite imagery and image analysis algorithms.

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