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  • Estonia's e-governance revolution is hailed as a voting success – so why are some US states pulling in the opposite direction?

    March 17, 2023 |

    The Conversation |

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    Response Location: Estonia

    Estonia's e-governance system allows citizens to register for social programs, access health records, and complete most government business digitally. In March 2023, more than half of the country's voters cast their ballots via the internet for the first time.

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  • Too Good to Go

    March 14, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Denmark

    Restaurants, grocers, and cafes can put together surprise bags of surplus food that would have otherwise been thrown out and sell it for a third of the original cost to users on the Too Good to Go app. The app was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that accompany food waste while giving businesses a way to recoup losses and consumers a less expensive way to access good food.

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  • PreventEpidemicsNaija: How a Media Strategy Contributed to Increasing Epidemic Preparedness Awareness in Nigeria

    March 06, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The #PreventEpidemicsNaija project advocates for sustained funding for the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention by working to increase understanding of epidemic preparedness. The project connects with and trains journalists from across the country to equip them with the necessary skills and resources to share accurate information with the public. So far the project has trained over 70 Journalists, produced seven fellows, and over 100 stories.

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  • Young caregivers need more support. There's an app for that.

    February 23, 2023 |

    Watershed Voice |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The Me-We program is an app-based approach to providing support to young people who have taken on the role of caregiver for their parent or guardian. The program offers group sessions aimed at teaching teens to manage difficult emotions and their mental health, education resources and a private journal. The app is targeted toward teens ages 15 to 17 and is available in several European countries, though there are plans to implement it in the U.S.

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  • Smartphones of peace in oil-polluted Nigerian communities

    February 15, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nonwa, River State

    In Nigeria, the Center for Environment, Human Rights, and Development is improving response time and documentation of oil spills by providing training and smartphones to local volunteers. The locals take photos and capture the coordinates of spills, upload them to a digital monitoring platform, and then send them to a Whatsapp group to ensure immediate action is taken.

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  • L.A.'s Uber-For-Buses Comes Right To Your Door

    February 10, 2023 |

    Next City |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles’ Metro Micro pilot program is making public transit more desirable with a $1 shuttle service similar to other app-based rideshare services. The shuttles are 10-seater vans that pick passengers up and drop them off anywhere within their designated zones.

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  • An assistive speech software hopes to help thousands of Nigerians with visual impairment

    February 08, 2023 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    An app called Visis translates text and photos to speech to help Nigerian people with visual impairments to live their lives independently.

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  • Tackling Nigeria's Medication Management Challenges of Access and Adherence

    February 03, 2023 |

    HealthNews.ng |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Famasi is a digital medication management platform that obtains a patient’s medication history and creates an individual care plan. The care plan includes a specialist who tracks drug use and side effects and also ensures medication is delivered to patients’ doors on a monthly basis. Because Famasi is available on mobile apps, patients can also track their medications and appointments from the comfort of their homes, which increases medication access, especially for those who struggle to make it to in-person care centers.

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  • How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

    February 03, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: India, Ganeshwadi Village, Maharashtra

    Accredited social health activists (ASHA) travel throughout Indian villages to combat medical misinformation — specifically among pregnant people — and make public healthcare more accessible. ASHAs connects with over 60% of the women in the villages she serves via WhatsApp, sharing educational videos to avoid the harmful effects of misinformation. As a result, ASHAs have had a massive impact on maternal mortality rates. In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was 254 deaths per 100,000 live births, but in 2020 it dropped to 96 per 100,000 births.

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  • Farmers in rural Zimbabwe use a mobile financial management service application tool to monitor their business profits

    February 02, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    Biztrack is a mobile financial management application that helps farmers keep track of their business information and finances with ease. It records information on deals, sales, and general performance and has since been downloaded by more than 47 area farmers. The app also allows farmers to store the data in a safe, easily accessible place, as opposed to traditional bookkeeping.

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