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Drones Marshaled to Drop Lifesaving Supplies Over Rwandan Terrain

John Markoff

April 04, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

Zipline, a start-up based in California, raised $18 million and partnered with the small African country to shuttle packages of blood and emergency medicine.

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How New York Gets Its Water

Emily S. Rueb

March 30, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Nine and a half million people consume what has been called the champagne of drinking water. We took a look at its journey from source to tap.

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The Unrelenting Specter of Drug-Resistant Malaria

Sarika Bansal

March 29, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: Thailand, Bangkok

Every time scientists think they’ve controlled malaria, drug resistance pops up in Southeast Asia. What will it take to stop a deadly global comeback of the disease?

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Letting (Some of) India's Women Own Land

Tina Rosenberg

March 22, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Baripada, Odisha

Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor women farm and feed families in some parts of India.

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Healing India's Traditional Healers

Sophie Cousins

March 09, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: India, Suri, West Bengal

India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?

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This Woman Has Collected 40,000 Feminine Products to Boost the Self-Esteem of Homeless Women

Sybile Penhirin

February 29, 2016 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Day to day necessities like bras can turn into luxuries for homeless women. Dana Marlowe collects women's old bras and gives them to homeless women.

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Contraception Drones Are The Future Of Women's Health In Rural Africa

Laura Bassett

January 27, 2016 |

Pulitzer Center |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Ghana

Project Last Mile has for months been successfully flying birth control, condoms and other medical supplies to rural areas of Ghana on 5-foot-wide drones, expanding access by completing that final mile of delivery.

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Cuba's Focus on Preventive Medicine Pays Off

Sam Loewenberg

January 23, 2016 |

International Reporting Project |

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Response Location: Cuba

Cuba’s emphasis on public health, primary care, and training thousands of medical professionals has resulted in health successes and lessons for other countries.

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In India, Dispensers of Balm Travel to Death's Door

Ankita Rao

January 12, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Kerala

The palliative care system in Kerala, India, has been singled out as a beacon of hope in offering the possibility of a dignified death to everyone by safely providing morphine.

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The Formal World Economy Was Failing Women and Small Farmers. So This Guy Built a New One.

Gila Lyons

December 08, 2015 |

GOOD Magazine |

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Response Location: Colombia, Cartagena

The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership develops enterprises that foster sustainable economic development, focusing especially on empowering farmers and women.

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