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  • Baltimore enlists doulas to help bring infant mortality rate down

    August 01, 2017 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A program in Baltimore is putting 4 women through training to become doulas who will help low-income, minority mothers navigate their pregnancies and childbirth. Utilizing doulas leads to better health outcomes for mothers and their infants, and Baltimore has an infant mortality rate 1.3 times higher than the rest of Maryland.

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  • The little shrub making a big difference in rural Senegal

    June 05, 2017 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Passy Kaymor, Kaolack

    As climate change has brought rising temperatures and more frequent droughts to much of Africa, some communities in Senegal are finding ways to survive by adapting their agricultural practices. Medicinal plants can be harvested more frequently and sold at higher prices than traditional millet and grain. The senna (Cassia) shrub in particular has allowed farmers, especially women, to sustain economic hope and prosperity, with the added benefit of improving the health of local villagers.

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  • Seeds of Commerce: Saving Native Plants in the Heart of Appalachia

    March 02, 2017 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    As climate change continues to threaten the survival of native plants species and the health of the eco-systems they support, the North Carolina Arboretum’s Germplasm Repository is taking a clever new approach to the preservation of native plant seeds: pushing to capitalize on their commercial value. Plant physiologists like Joe-Ann McCoy know that the best method for saving many species may also create jobs and boost local economies, when businesses start leveraging the medicinal uses of native plants for products like herbal supplements.

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  • Economics And Cannabis In Rural New Mexico

    November 18, 2016 |

    KNME-PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, New Mexico

    In this episode of New Mexico in Focus, we examine the economic impact of medical cannabis in rural communities in our latest report for Small Towns, Big Change. Producer Sarah Gustavus also looks at the potential impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in New Mexico.

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  • Native families get a head start with home visits

    October 19, 2016 |

    Small Towns Big Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

    Across the United States, native families are implementing community-based family preparedness efforts in order to create a pathway that leads to school-readiness for children. At Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, this program is known as Tiwa Babies. Comprised of home visits, communication strategies and a curriculum that tracks developmental milestones – all while also implementing Native cultural teachings – Tiwa Babies has shown significant success for those families that choose to participate.

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  • Barrios Unidos, Whole-Family Heroin Treatment Center, Opens in Chimayo

    September 12, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chimayo, New Mexico

    Chimayo, New Mexico has a heroin overdose rate that is five times the national rate. Barrios Unidos is a community center in Chimayo that offers drug abuse treatment to whole families through community therapy and holistic healing methods.

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  • Overcoming ancient taboos, organ donors give gift of life

    August 12, 2016 |

    Shanghai Daily |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    With the help of public awareness campaigns and modern technology, hospitals in Shanghai are helping to combat cultural taboos and successfully increase the number of voluntary organ donations in the country.

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  • Grow for Vets

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Veterans using prescription drugs to treat PTSD are now turning to cannabis as an alternative treatment, as it can often cause fewer side effects. Grow for Vets is an organization that helps veterans obtain marijuana free of charge.

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  • Healing India's Traditional Healers

    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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  • Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

    June 24, 2015 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    The Matsés, an indigenous population in Brazil in Peru, teamed up with Acaté, a conservation group, to create a medicinal knowledge encyclopedia. The encyclopedia was compiled by five shamans, took two years, is 500 pages long, and “details every plant used by Matsés to cure a massive variety of ailments.” It not only preserves ancestral knowledge, but is seen as a way to improve the health of Matsés and future generations. “Until their encyclopedia, the Matsés entire traditional health system was on the unchecked verge of disappearance.”

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