How Kibera’s water woes vanished into thin air
Harvard Public Health magazine
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Getting clean water in Kibera has long been a challenge. An informal community of a quarter-million people, the neighborhood lacks basic infrastructure. A decade ago, a community-based organization decided to take the water problem into its own hands—and now, people are healthier, teachers and students miss less school, and communities are less vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
How Kibera’s water woes vanished into thin air → by Lenny Rashid Ruvaga
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An editorial cartoon by Jenna Luecke
A Wabanaki organization forges its own approach to addiction treatment
For years, the people of Wabanaki, an Indigenous tribe in Maine, have had to leave their communities to seek addiction treatment in other states. Now, The Maine Monitor reports, the nonprofit organization Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness is offering culturally sensitive care to the state’s tribal nations—and expanding ideas about how public health can work.
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What we’re reading this week
The climate crisis demands a move away from car dependency → Environmental Health News
States have increased anti-abortion center funding by nearly $500 million since Roe was overturned → The 19th
Young Americans prioritize health care in 2024 election → Think Global Health
It’s National Health Center Week! There are 1,400 community health centers in the United States, providing care for 31.5 million patients each year. Hats off to the health workers, staff, and supporters who make that work possible.
Jo Zhou will be back next week!
—Jina Moore Ngarambe