Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
30 April 2019
Glasgow, Scotland
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
In Glasgow, Scotland, the city is taking a public health approach to knife crime. Instead of just grappling with the effects of violence, the city is taking a preventative, multi-pronged approach and addressing some o...
11 February 2018
Nepal
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
In Nepal, a revolutionary volunteer program called the “Female Community Health Volunteers” has led the country to drastically decline the number of women that die giving childbirth. Over 50,000 volunteers look after ...
30 January 2018
Norway
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Prisons in Norway are designed to simulate life on the outside. Inmates are encouraged to work and get an education, and officers chat and do activities alongside them. Norway spends a lot of money per prisoner, but t...
23 January 2018
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
When Germany opened its doors to refugees, the country invested heavily in integration assistance, including free but compulsory language and civics courses. Though political division has formed in Germany over immigr...
17 January 2018
Cuba
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Following a devastating hurricane in the early 1960s, Cuba created a model disaster preparedness infrastructure that includes excellent forecasting, education in schools and promoting a culture of nationwide training ...
16 January 2018
Cuba
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Cuba has one of the world’s lowest storm fatality rates in part because citizens learn how to prepare and respond to hurricanes beginning in elementary school. Children know where to go in an evacuation, neighbors ope...
9 January 2018
Rwanda
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Rwanda has the smallest gender gap in Africa. Women’s access to education, healthcare, politics, and property is considered across the board in policymaking from law to national budgeting. Gender-based violence contin...
25 January 2017
Australia
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Tough laws, taxes, and a public information campaign helped cut Australia’s adult smoking rate in half. The country leads the world in these efforts, including being the first to require plain tobacco packaging in 201...
22 January 2017
Shanghai, China
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Shanghai students have consistently performed at the top of the world on math tests - a 15 year old in Shanghai scores better than most 18 year olds in the UK. Sometimes called "the mastery method," the Shanghai model...
4 January 2017
Japan
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Japan’s annual gun deaths are in the single digits, thanks to tight regulations on firearms. Even police defuse violence using martial arts rather than guns. Criminals use knives instead and find ways of illegally imp...
1 January 2017
Lima, Peru
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Between 2005 and 2015, Peru cut its poverty rate in half. Though there is still more work to be done, Peru can attribute its success to several reasons. The combination of inclusive economic growth and targeted, high-...
13 March 2016
Kampala, Uganda
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Barefoot Law was founded to keep Ugandans educated about their legal rights. The group of lawyers provides legal help to 300,000 people each month, heavily supported by volunteers. As a non-profit social enterprise, t...
2 March 2016
India
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Improving sanitation isn’t just a matter of building more toilets; it’s also about education and specific solutions that help women and the poor gain access to safe, clean, and convenient facilities. This is a huge to...
24 February 2016
Michigan, United States
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
To reduce the suicide rate, screen every patient for risk factors and increase universal access to mental health services. When Henry Ford Group implemented this policy throughout its network of hospitals, the suicide...
17 February 2016
Portugal
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
By decriminalizing drug possession, Portugal removed a barrier preventing addicts from reaching out for help. The country treats drug use as a public health concern, offering free rehabilitation services and a needle ...
3 February 2016
Estonia
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Government services are easily accessible in Estonia in part because everything is online. A digital signature carries the same weight as a physical signature, and data is shared between offices allowing forms such as...
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