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Talk, trust and transportation helps in getting out the vaccine

Marc Lefkowitz

May 11, 2021 |

The Land |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Building trust, engaging in personal conversations, and providing services that reduce barriers to getting vaccinated have helped increase the COVID-19 vaccination rates in some Cleveland neighborhoods. Posting information in local businesses and apartment building allows people to access information in private. Community health workers also meet people where they are in order to build relationships and gain their trust. Many community groups and health workers offer services that reduce common barriers to getting vaccinated, like transportation, child care, and wage replacement for taking time off.

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Meet Ontario's small-town vaccine hunter

Nick Dunne

May 10, 2021 |

TVO |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Foleyet, Ontario

A nursing station in Foleyet, Ontario has remodeled its annual flu outreach as part of a campaign to help those who have had trouble scheduling their Covid vaccination appointments. Similar efforts are underway in other remote and rural parts of Ontario, which has helped most of these areas remain on par with the larger region's vaccination rate.

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Free beer offer results in more vaccinations than all Erie County first-dose clinics last week

Sandra Tan

May 08, 2021 |

The Buffalo News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

In Erie County, New York, residents are receiving a free drink along with their Covid vaccine as part of a program that aims to encourage those who have been on the fence about getting vaccinated. Although it is not believed that the incentive will attract enough people for the community to reach herd immunity, it has attracted significantly more young adults than the first-shot clinics have so far.

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Markham, Ont., vaccine initiative shows what happens when tech and faith team up

Diane Peters

May 07, 2021 |

Broadview Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Canada, Markham, Ontario

A community effort spearheaded by a local church and a software company is helping senior citizens in Markham, Ontario secure Covid vaccine appointments. Ahead of the vaccine rollout, a reverend and a parishioner began collecting senior's information via an online form, which allowed them to streamline the signup process. The effort's success has attracted surrounding communities who are now working with the duo to reach their seniors as well.

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Vaccines and shelter for the unhoused in Montreal

Laurence Brisson Dubreuil

May 07, 2021 |

The Eastern Door |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

A nonprofit day shelter, Resilience Montreal, partnered with public health officials to provide vaccines to members of the indigenous community who are experiencing homelessness. Vaccinations were provided without the need for appointments or identification cards in Montreal. Advocates are calling for more permanent solutions for housing amid a rising need since the onset of the pandemic.

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How Asians Became the Most Vaccinated Group in New York City

Amanda Rosa

May 05, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Community centers in New York are playing a crucial role in helping to connect the city's Asian residents with Covid vaccine appointments. From training translators on medical lingo to collecting local resident's information for online scheduling, these community organizations are "filling the gaps government agencies have left behind."

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A Community's Response: How one Arizona tribe battled COVID-19

Alberto Mariani

May 04, 2021 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

Photojournalism |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Whiteriver, Arizona

The White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona was able to slow the spread of Covid in the community by implementing a daily routine of "contact tracing, surveillance of high-risk individuals, and vaccinations." Since starting the regimen – which includes going door-to-door to community members' houses to monitor potential exposures, symptoms, and to offer vaccines – the tribe has curbed the spread and hasn't reported any more deaths in months.

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Can ‘Open Streets' Outlast the Pandemic?

John Surico

April 29, 2021 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Many cities created "open streets" during the pandemic, limiting traffic on certain streets to give people a safe outdoor place to relax and play. Which programs outlive the pandemic depends on a host of factors, most especially how community-led the programs are. In Queens' Jackson Heights neighborhood, a densely populated community with many immigrants, closing a major street didn't work when police were at the barricades. But, under the leadership of the community, the daily closure turned into a street party and community-building event that is causing the city to rethink basic urban-planning concepts.

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The detection dogs tracking poachers and Covid-19

Claire Bates

April 27, 2021 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Tanzania

Detection dogs and their handlers can be trained to sniff out any number of problems. In eastern Africa, the Canines for Conservation project has deployed dogs to search for poachers and illegally harvested wildlife products. By tracking poachers from the scenes of illegal kills and finding ivory and rhino horns stashed in warehouses and shipping containers far more efficiently than X-ray methods, the project has contributed to nearly 400 product seizures, higher conviction rates, and elimination of elephant poaching in parts of Kenya. The next frontier being tested: detecting COVID-19 infections.

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How vaccination became 'hip' in the '50s, thanks to teens

Erin Blakemore

April 27, 2021 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the 1950s, the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis launched a nationwide public health campaign to encourage teenagers to receive the polio vaccine. Tactics included interviewing and recruiting teenagers to be spokespeople to better frame messaging around vaccine hesitancy and make the act of getting the vaccine "cool."

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