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  • HIV-prevention pill: The deeply personal journey of a male sex worker in Kenya

    June 20, 2016 |

    Bhekisisa |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    For sex workers or other vulnerable populations, they are at a high risk to be exposed to HIV. Truvada is an HIV prevention pill that is currently being tested and could help protect individuals from this disease.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Philadelphia's Healing Hurt People helps violence victims recover

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Healing Hurt People program, or HHP, is an ER-based violence intervention program that works on the public health-based notion that violence - like other diseases that spread - can be prevented. It targets services to those at highest risk, patients like those in Philadelphia, who are being treated for violent injuries in the city's emergency rooms. Unlike other programs, it recognizes and attempts to heal the underlying emotional trauma that results from, and often predates, violent injury.

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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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    Over 3000 Words

    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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    1500-3000 Words

    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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  • A Tale of Two Cities

    May 16, 2016 |

    POZ Magazine |

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    Over 3000 Words

    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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  • Repairing Wounded Soldiers' Sex Lives

    May 12, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    New veteran services focus on sexual rehabilitation as a part of occupational rehab programs for veterans with genital injuries or other physical and mental limitations. Physical therapy and idea generation help wounded veterans relearn how to be intimate with themselves and their partners.

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  • Inside the moss mystery: How the organisms helped reveal Portland's pollution

    May 02, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Throughout the city of Portland, there is moss growing in urban trees. When scientists began studying its growth, they were able to not only detect a citywide air pollution problem, but also pinpoint the origin of it which allowed city officials to take steps towards mitigating the issue.

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  • In Texas, Mexican Firefighters Are Saving the Rio Grande

    April 28, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    The Rio Grande River runs between the border of the United States and Mexico and supplies water to 5 million people across the nations. With wildfires continuously threatening the health of the river, an international firefighting crew known as Los Diablos are working to implement controlled, prescribed burns to rid the area of an invasive plant species that fuels the fires.

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  • Can water ATMs solve India's water crisis?

    April 13, 2016 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi

    In many rural communities in India, access to clean drinking water is still scarce. The cost of bottled water is prohibitive, city pipes are in poor condition, and the municipal tanker trucks that supply some water are haphazard. But a social business called Sarvajal is busy scaling up a solution: a water ATM. These machines allow people to scan a pre-paid card and withdraw purified water from a stable, convenient source within their community when needed.

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  • Our drinking water systems are a disaster. What can we do?

    April 11, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The water system in the United States is beginning to be in need of replacement. In order to facilitate this infrastructure project and prevent it from becoming overwhelming, technology such as water sensors and software are being used to monitor water usage and replace the pipes that are most dire as they degrade.

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