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  • In Quick Response, Mali Thwarts an Ebola Outbreak

    November 10, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mali, Kayes

    When a case of the Ebola disease struck a little girl in Africa, health officials in Mali collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to contain the illness and quarantine people. The episode also has changed social customs and expanded sanitation procedures so that more people are aware of how to keep themselves healthy.

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  • Ebola outbreak: How Nigeria is beating the killer virus

    October 16, 2014 |

    BBC |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    A nightmare scenario of Ebola raging unchecked among millions of slum-dwellers in Africa's largest city has given way to a rare example of a victory over the virus.

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  • Why Is Wyoming Safer?

    September 17, 2014 |

    Inside Energy |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    During gas drilling boom in Wyoming, worker deaths were extremely high . In response occupational epidemiologists were hired to help improve worker safety.

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  • Twenty Buses a Day: The High Stakes Race to Create a Global Cholera Early Warning System

    March 18, 2014 |

    Earthzine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

    Though individual treatments are cheap, cholera is costing the third world countless lives. Using modern technology, researchers work to exterminate it and other curable diseases.

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  • An End to Polio in India?

    March 05, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

    India has, for years, been a hotbed of polio. Supported by the WHO as well as local health-care workers, immunizations have officially rid the country of the disease. There are still challenges in maintaining records and reaching everyone, but the message continously changes and adapts.

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  • Strung out in Tanzania

    March 03, 2014 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam

    Less than 1 percent of drug addicts in Africa receive treatment because the issue is disfavored by donors. The national government of Tanzania demanded evidence-based treatment options and is curbing relapses by distributing a drug which temporarily lessens cravings.

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  • An Afghan Success Story: Fewer Child Deaths

    February 04, 2014 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Afghanistan, Guldara

    Child mortality rates are decreasing in Afghanistan due to more readily available basic health care, more effective vaccinations, and locally-trained volunteer health workers.

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  • At Year's End, News of a Global Health Success

    December 19, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Sierra Leone

    Child mortality rates in third-world countries are often shockingly high. But they are gradually decreasing due to efforts that target contagious diseases and more widespread health education.

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  • Blocking the Transmission of Violence

    May 04, 2008 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In the earliest days of what has become the Cure Violence model of violence prevention using street-outreach mediators, the Chicago CeaseFire group began hiring former gang members and people recently released from prison because of their credibility on the street. They "interrupt" violence, mediating conflicts to prevent escalation to gunfire, based on a public-health rationale that sees the spread of violence in epidemiological terms. The organization overcame skepticism when an early study showed its methods reduced violence by 16-27% more than in neighborhoods it hadn't worked in.

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  • Look at Brazil

    January 28, 2001 |

    The New York Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

    Soon, AIDS in Africa will be doing more than killing millions every year. It will destroy what there is of Africa's economy and cause further instability and, perhaps, war. But a nondescript hospital in Brazil could serve as a model for treating AIDS in Africa and worldwide.

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