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  • Short on Money, Cities Around the World Try Making Their Own

    Peter Yeung

    August 07, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Tenino, Washington

    Complementary currencies are local alternatives to national currencies that help local economies when budgets are tight. Tenino prints “wooden dollars” and residents in need get up to $300/month to spend at local businesses from grocery stores to day cares. Cities across the US have reached out for advice on starting their own local currencies, which can take many forms including digital-only. There are 3,500-4,500 local currencies in 50 countries, including Brazil’s Maricá where it helped the under-resourced city build schools and hospitals. These currencies have no value outside of the local economy.

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  • Biting back: new hope in the fight against malaria

    Peter Yeung

    November 11, 2019 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Ghana

    A new vaccine to prevent malaria has shown promise in clinical studies and is now being more widely distributed in Africa. Although doctors caution that it is not fail-proof, when used in conjunction with other safety measures, it has shown to reduce the risk of infection and has also reduced the rate of anemia in children.

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  • How One Community Brought Child Mortality Down From 154 To 7 Per 1,000 Live Births

    Peter Yeung

    July 12, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Mali, Bamako

    Providing door-to-door health care for mothers and children under five years of age greatly reduces mortality. Thanks to a program of home visits by community health care workers funded by the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the Yirimadio neighborhood of Mali’s capital city, Bamako, has succeeded in dramatically reducing childhood mortality. The government intends to scale the pilot program into a nationwide campaign by 2022.

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  • Norway recycles 97% of its plastic bottles: a blueprint for the rest of the world?

    Peter Yeung

    February 26, 2019 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Norway

    Infinitum, a Norwegian company, aims to create a never-ending loop of plastic reuse and their deposit hub recycles 97 percent of the country’s plastic drink bottles. While critics question the focus on continuing to produce plastic since it relies on fossil fuels, similar collection schemes in other countries could reduce plastic waste.

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