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  • The Machine and the Mosquito

    Greg Noone
    2017-09-20 01:30:51 UTC
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    September 15, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Swaziland

    Mosquito transmitted diseases are only becoming more prevalent due to climate change, posing a global health risk. Various methods are being tested such as genetic modification and gene drives, Project DiSARM-uses technology to map where to spray insecticide, and introduction of Wolbachia-a bacterial disease that decreases mosquitos' ability to reproduce-into the environment.

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  • In Haiti, a Building Fights Cholera

    John Cary
    2017-09-13 22:50:12 UTC
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    September 12, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    The cholera outbreak in Haiti affected and killed thousands of people. Treating patients as quickly as possible became a top priority. Mass Design Group designed Gheskio's Cholera Treatment Center as a building that promotes recovery with water sanitation, ultimately reducing the number of cases of Cholera.

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  • Thailand's Disease Detectives

    Ruth Evans
    2020-06-04 13:21:26 UTC
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    July 11, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Thailand, Chiang Mai

    "Poor man Instagram" is how vets at Chiang Mai University describe their system of pandemic preparedness and emergency prevention. Recruiting community members throughout the region to be disease detectives, the scientists train these volunteers to use a mobile app that allows them to document dead animals that may have been sick with an illness that could pose a threat to humans. When scientists are alerted of cases, they are then able to investigate and intervene if the situation merits danger.

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  • Stopping Pandemics Before They Start

    Tina Rosenberg
    2017-07-05 02:06:45 UTC
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    June 27, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Norway

    With climate change, population pressures and mobilization epidemics will occur more frequently, and past ones have proven to be disastrous and expensive. The Center for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is focused on developing vaccines to viruses such as Ebola, as well as creating a fast approval path for future vaccines and helping increase global preparedness for future epidemics.

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  • Medical Waste in Cairo: Impact and Health Problems

    Alaa El Dirini
    2017-12-10 20:28:38 UTC
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    May 20, 2017 |

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    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    Large amounts of mismanaged medical waste are a concern in Cairo, since they can cause a wide range of illnesses and negatively affect the environment. NGO's are working to direct waste to proper sites, provide medical treatment to infected individuals, and help educate the public.

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  • Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways

    Gemma Newby
    2017-04-28 20:53:32 UTC
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    March 28, 2017 |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Haiti, Cap-Haïtien, Department of Nord

    Haiti is currently battling the biggest cholera epidemic in recent history caused by lack of access to clean drinking water. Soil is an NGO which delivers dry, compost toilets to peoples’ homes - alternatives to water guzzling flushing toilets, which need infrastructure such as sewers - to help keep sewage from contaminating water sources and provide dignified, safe toilet facilities.

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  • Phone records help Namibia clamp down on malaria

    Jennifer Guay
    2018-08-29 19:23:44 UTC
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    March 17, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Namibia

    The Namibian government has partnered with universities, foundations, and telecom companies to track population movements and, along with that, the movement of diseases like malaria. Through analysis of anonymous phone records and satellite images, they created risk maps to correctly target interventions to communities at risk for malaria.

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  • Volunteers With No Medical Training Are Fighting Diseases The World Ignores

    Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
    2017-03-20 01:17:06 UTC
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    February 24, 2017 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mozambique

    In Nampula, Mozambique, people living in remote, rural communities do not seek medical attention when they get sick because of myths that diseases are caused by spirits. So a non-profit, Malaria Consortium, is training ordinary people, to teach others about the cause and treatments of common illnesses thus motivating the villagers to seek care at health facilities.

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  • We finally have an effective Ebola vaccine. The war on the disease is about to change.

    Julia Belluz
    2017-03-08 12:35:31 UTC
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    December 22, 2016 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Guinea

    In Guinea, scientists were ready to test a new vaccine but due to the decline of cases of ebola there were too few cases to run a meaningful traditional randomized study. Using ring vaccination, a public health method used to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s, the scientists were able to test the vaccine which is now considered a safe and 100% effective vaccine.

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  • Lessons from Sri Lanka on malaria elimination

    Catherine Cheney
    2017-04-04 02:19:34 UTC
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    December 15, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    Efforts to eliminate malaria from Sri Lanka led to only 17 cases one year, but failure to continue health safety practice allowed the number of cases to rise again to over 200,000 in 1999. In 2016 Sri Lanka celebrates it’s 5th year of being malaria free, thanks to consistent vector control, access, surveillance and treatment.

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  • Solutions journalism…
    • Describes a response to a problem and how it works.
    • Seeks to draw out insights that explain success or failure.
    • Presents the available evidence about the effectiveness of a response.
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  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories — rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. We vet and tag every story in the Story Tracker, which offers an inspiring and useful collection of the thousands of ways people are working to solve problems around the world.

  • You can learn more about how we source, vet, and tag stories here, as well as how we share them. We also have video tutorials in Spanish and French that show how to use the Solutions Story Tracker to find what you need.

  • Story collections are curated by our staff or other partners to explore a theme, pattern, or trend via selected solutions stories and external resources. Some story collections focus on an in-depth exploration of a topic with solutions journalism; others highlight journalists and how they report on topics. Certain story collections include discussion questions and notes, so that educators and community discussion leaders can lead learners to fully engage with the stories.

  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is powered by user submissions. We encourage submissions from journalists, as well as from anyone who has an eye for solutions journalism. Click here to submit. (Why submit? So many reasons!)

  • You can submit a story directly on the Solutions Story Tracker®. You will be prompted to register or log into the Solutions Journalism Network website, if you are already logged in. (It is free to register!) Logging in allows you to track the status of your submissions under My Profile, as well as save your favorite stories, create story collections and story alerts, and access other helpful features of our website.

  • After you submit a story to us and assign it a topic, it is sent to one of our Solutions Story Tracker team members. Our team member evaluates the story for the four qualities of solutions journalism, and on the basics: The story must come from a news outlet and have a date and a byline. If the story meets our criteria, our team tags it accordingly and adds it to the database. If the story falls short of the mark, our team will include the reason why. We include stories in the Story Tracker that meet our standards of solutions journalism. Inclusion does not mean we support the initiatives, policies, organizations or approaches featured in those stories.

    Discover common reasons why a story may miss the mark for inclusion in the Solutions Story Tracker®.

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  • Solutions Journalism Network features these stories in the searchable database making them publicly accessible to anyone who wants to search for rigorous reporting on solutions to social problems. Any story that is added has the potential to make more impact than its original purpose. Added stories are used in journalism trainings, school curricula, research projects, and independent analysis on issue area trends. This now includes artificial intelligence tools, which are applied for educational value to find stories and support story vetting, as well as to extract insights from the stories. SJN has digital products and newsletters that give new life and exposure to the stories meeting people where they are at. Story data also is used to develop innovative tools to reach the general public with solutions journalism as well as some specific research projects requested by researchers. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of story data or added stories, please contact Lita Tirak.

  • News outlets determine whether all users can access their stories — and some limit the number of stories that anyone can view, or require a subscription. The majority of stories in the database can be accessed for free.

  • We work with journalists, academic researchers and others who feel that our database will support their research. We are especially interested in research that seeks to develop new insights about solutions journalism and its spread and its impact on social problems. Please complete all sections of the Data Request Form, and we will contact you to discuss your request in greater detail.

  • We do not fact-check the stories in the Solutions Story Tracker®. We do ensure that each story comes from a credible news source that has its own editorial infrastructure.

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