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  • Counties lacking mental health providers turn to technology

    July 25, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    In rural areas, access to mental health care can be a challenge, but Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network connects rural patients to mental health services in Billings through live video. Video consultations can spare patients in underserved areas hundreds of miles of driving—often the difference between whether or not they receive care at all. Last year almost 2,000 patients in the region were connected to services.

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  • A Gallery Of One's Own: How The Washington Women's Arts Center Created A Home For D.C.'s Creative Women

    July 25, 2018 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The Washington Women’s Art Center, in operation from 1975 to 1987, was founded as a space to promote women artists away from the institutionalized misogyny of the art world. In addition to exhibitions, the Center also provided business classes and other educational opportunities regarding how to have an art career.

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  • In Rwanda, agricultural reforms boost food security and slash poverty

    July 25, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Through a myriad of policies that help small farmers gain resources and training, as well as inheritance laws that empower women to inherit land they previously couldn't own, Rwanda is increasing food security and decreasing poverty. Although there has been success, critics say that it has come with a cost to human rights and fair elections.

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  • The School District Building Tiny Homes for Teachers

    July 25, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Vail, Arizona

    A rural school district in Arizona is building a village of tiny houses for its teachers, who cannot afford to live in the district because of low salaries and high home prices. The tiny houses are being built on district-owned land and teachers pay about $125/month for rent, utilities, and Internet, but critics argue that the houses don't solve the larger issue: that teachers are not paid enough to live there.

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  • Compassionate Mental Health Reform Began With Taking Off the Handcuffs

    July 25, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    After a brutal incident led to a violent attack and the death of his son, Senator Creigh Deeds was determined to reform the mental health system in Virginia. The Deeds commission passed a series of reforms, among them a law that created a registry of open psychiatric beds, a transportation program so that people don’t have to be detained by police, and a program that offers housing for people with mental illness.

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  • In the Black Belt, a template for fixing failing sewage infrastructure

    July 25, 2018 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Improving sanitation and hygiene in rural communities requires coordinating experts and policy makers to find solutions that fit. In addition to coordinating research projects on alternative forms of sewage and wastewater management, the Equal Justice Initiative, the Alabama health department, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working to educate residents about sanitation and public health.

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  • School-going girls to be skilled in making re-usable sanitary towels

    July 25, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Wasiko

    Kabubbu Development Project is a reproductive health NGO in Wakiso district of Uganda that is teaching middle and high school girls to make reusable sanitary pads. Lack of pads can mean the difference between going to school or not. The school found that when some young women had no money they turned to prostitution to afford hygiene products and go to school.

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  • How environmental outreach efforts are targeting Philly Latinos: The most interested in climate change, study shows

    July 25, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Studies have shown that U.S. Latinos are one of the mostly highly invested groups in helping fight against climate change, yet are also often left out of the conversation. Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability as well as other local agencies are making an effort to bridge that gap and engage Latinos through better targeted environmental outreach efforts.

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  • New HIV viral load test launched, results in one hour

    July 24, 2018 |

    The Star Kenya |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The M-Pima kit is a quick, easy to use device to accurately measure the HIV load in a blood sample. With this tool, clinics lacking in technology or staff expertise don't have to send samples to places with these resources, but rather can use the kit to obtain the same information in an hour.

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  • L.A. Offers a Tax Break for Urban Farming—But No One's Taking It

    July 24, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In 2014, the California legislature passed legislation to create the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones (UAIZ), offering tax breaks to landowners to turn their vacant lots into community farms. However, the legislation has failed to create any kind of community impact: only 4 lots have received the tax break in the 4 years that the program has existed. Landowners have been disincentivized by five-year lending terms and insufficient implementation.

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