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  • The Unrelenting Specter of Drug-Resistant Malaria

    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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  • The Perfect Classroom, According to Science

    March 31, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The physical classroom environment can have profound effects on a student’s academic performance, sense of belonging, and self-esteem. What would the Platonic ideal classroom look like, illustrated? It might include more greenery, fewer visual distractions on classroom walls, and some tweaks to light sources.

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  • Innovation Within Reach

    August 21, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    What about the world’s poorest, for whom new, expensive gadgets are out of reach - what types of innovation would be most beneficial for them? Through “frugal innovation”, people are designing products specifically to meet the needs of the world’s poorest citizens.

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  • Strung out in Tanzania

    March 03, 2014 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    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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  • In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio

    November 27, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    In Tanzania, a country that has yet to fully embrace mobile phones and whose road infrastructure remains weak, farmers have embraced radio as a means of receiving pricing and planting information. The reach and relatively low expense of radio afford the medium its popularity.

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  • Making a Medicine as Easy to Find as a Can of Coke

    July 03, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    A project to take advantage of Coca-Cola’s famous global reach designed a kit of basic medicines that fit in between Coke bottles. But it turned out that what it needed to be copying wasn’t Coke’s package delivery, but it’s investment in the people in its supply chain.

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  • Out of India's Trash Heaps, More Than a Shred of Dignity

    June 12, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Pune, Maharashtra

    Throughout India, wastepickers – people who scour landfills for garbage they can sell to recyclers – live at the bottom of society. But the city of Pune did something radical: with the help of a collective, they did away with expensive garbage trucks, and now all household garbage is collected by wastepickers with pushcarts. Pune saves millions of dollars each year and recycles more – and the wastepickers have decent wages and social standing. The concept is now spreading globally.

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  • The Power of Failure

    November 28, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Nongovernmental groups – especially ones that depend on donations – hate to fail, and never make their failures public. But at new conferences, social activists share and learn from failure.

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  • Repairing the Surgery Deficit

    August 08, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    In Zambia, the need for surgery is just as common as in the United States - doctors, however, are rare. So Zambia is training clinical officers – with no medical degrees – to do C-sections and hernia repairs.

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  • Shopping for a Better World

    May 09, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The philanthropic practice of buy-one-give-one can be ineffective if communities are given ill-fitting donations or if the donations supplant local markets. The company Warby Parker ensures lasting change by financing the means of local production of a pair of glasses for every pair bought.

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