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  • This Iraqi couple fled ISIS but face another enemy in the US — diabetes

    May 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Diabetes hits US immigrant communities especially hard, with genetics and higher-calorie diets explaining just part of it. Support groups help immigrants with diabetes to find a way to eat healthy in the American high-calorie system.

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  • At a YMCA Near You, a Course for a Diabetic Nation

    July 03, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Port Chester, New York

    We know how to prevent diabetes - but the U.S, medical system, with its twisted priorities, doesn’t cover prevention. A new program at the YMCA aims to build structured, effective prevention measures.

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  • A Small West Virginia Town Rallies For Better Health

    February 05, 2014 |

    Kaiser Health News |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

    “Sustainable Williamson” combined ideas and initiatives from local officials, community members, nonprofit organizations to address both the economy and the well-being of a community where unemployment and drug use were climbing.

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  • It really does take a village: How Memphis is fixing healthcare

    September 03, 2013 |

    Salon |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Preventing and treating chronic disease for low-income patients is one of the most vexing and expensive public health problems in this country - the healthcare system in Memphis, Tennessee, is not immune. But in the middle of the last decade, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis’s largest hospital system, began teaming up with churches to address the city’s abysmal health situation and reduce the cost of care.

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  • The Microinsurance Revolution

    June 06, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    If rich people need life insurance, poor people need it more. Here’s how millions of poor people are getting it – including people with AIDS.

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  • Conquering Food Deserts With Green Carts

    April 18, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Programs to get fresh produce carts to areas with no access to healthy food work best when government and determined entrepreneurs team up. Success from this model is evident in New York City, where the city has incentivized the selling of fruits and vegetables by street vendors in areas that are in the most need of the produce.

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