Public Health / series
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Out of the shadows
There are a half billion people with mental illness around the world, but few ever get treatment. There are solutions. People trying to make a difference. This series is about those people.
Produced by students of the Global Reporting Program (formerly IRP); Winner of an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award and a Digital Publishing Award.
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Public Health / Story
1. Praying for a cure
Chained and abandoned in West Africa.
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2. Someone to listen
Treating mental illness in the slums.
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Public Health / Story
3. Two million children
Helping Syria’ child refugees.
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