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  • What Does This Street In Zürich Mean?

    September 30, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Switzerland, Zurich

    In Zurich, Switzerland, urban planners designed streets that put pedestrians and streetcar riders first as an effort to cut back on car usage and promote sustainable transportation. While cars are limited to one lane and often wait in lines to get through the city, the tram carries nearly seven as many passengers as cars in a given hour, making the layout sustainable and efficient for urban travel.

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  • Immersion Program Seeks Next Generation Of Rural Doctors

    September 30, 2019 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

    Rural areas are often underserved when it comes to medical access, but a town in Missouri is working on changing this by immersing medical students in rural life. Offering students a glimpse of small town life while working alongside local healthcare providers, the immersion program serves as a recruitment tool and is showing promise.

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  • N'West Iowa hospitals invest in region

    September 30, 2019 |

    N’West Iowa Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

    Despite rural hospitals often struggling to remain open due to lack of consistent demand which creates financial troubles, there are eight hospitals across four rural counties in Iowa that are proving this notion wrong. Through dedicated doctors that have committed to living where they work to a strong community presence providing support, this system of hospitals is performing better than many of the larger counterparts.

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  • A Big Little Idea From Nashville

    September 30, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    In Nashville, the public library system and metropolitan public school district are working together to ensure students have access to all the educational resources they need. To start, every student ID doubles as a library card.

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  • As Iowa's rural hospitals grapple with challenges, larger health systems offer avenue for specialty care

    September 30, 2019 |

    The Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    After learning that 17 of Iowa's rural hospitals were facing closures due to a lack of finances, so these smaller hospitals partnered with larger ones in order to focus on specialized care. Although challenges still remain on the horizon, these mergers have provided a solution that allows community members better access to care and the ability to remain in the areas they want to live.

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  • Lessons from Kaduna: improving immunisation coverage through local emergency coordination centres

    September 30, 2019 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Kaduna State in Nigeria hasn't seen a case of poliovirus since 2016 due to a series of approaches that aim to stop any potential spreads before they even begin. Between data monitoring, distributing tasks to increase efficiency and continuous oversight, the region has successfully increased immunization and stands as a region to learn lessons from.

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  • Mobile showers come to Berkeley, providing the homeless with a new place to get clean

    September 30, 2019 |

    Berkeleyside |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    In Berkeley, where shelter for those experiencing homelessness is extremely difficult to come by, the nonprofit and advocacy group Lava Mae is partnering with the city to provide a dedicated space for personal hygiene and showers across the city. While the service has been slow to catch on, efforts to share information about the service through word of mouth are catching on and the service has expanded throughout the state. While it's not a solution for the growing homelessness crisis, it's just one step being taken to treat those experiencing homelessness with dignity and respect.

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  • From paper routes to free food: Local news evolves to stay afloat

    September 30, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    With one in every five newsrooms closing in the country over the last four years (that's 1800 newspapers), many local papers are trying radical new models to buck the trend. Novel strategies employed include turning to foundations or philanthropists, finding local owners, and comunity events like trivia nights, movie nights, concerts, and roundtable discussions.

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  • How one small Wisconsin hospital was saved amid a statewide rural health crisis

    September 30, 2019 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Neillsville, Wisconsin

    Rural hospitals often face a host of problems, especially when it comes to financial troubles; however, a small hospital in Wisconsin has been able to remain open by embracing a merger with a larger health care facility. This has lead to a handful of positive outcomes such as "significantly improved operating margins, higher quality and outcomes and better patient satisfaction"

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  • Armed with trumpets, S. African men fight crime against women

    September 30, 2019 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    Volunteers patrol Soweto township streets, blowing vuvuzelas – the long, plastic trumpets of World Cup fame – to alert women that it is safe to commute to their train or bus stops. The male-led campaign is a response to high rates of street violence, much of it gender-based, and the failure of the police to respond effectively. Thousands of volunteers work in groups of up to 15 to provide the service, which police credit with lowering robberies and other street crime. The patrols often intervene when they witness violence.

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