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The mums saving each other from a taboo condition

Women who have had surgery for fistula are making sure others get life-changing treatment

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The great mosquito swap

Scientists are hoping to stop diseases spreading by changing the mosquito population

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DNA tests for dogs to tackle problem poo

US residents fed up with dog mess are using a high-tech solution

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The reuse and refill revolution

Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?

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The tree detectives tackling illegal logging

Scientists are building a database to help them tell exactly where wood has come from

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Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?

The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women

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Working Less For The Same Pay

Some companies are cutting the hours their staff work but keeping their pay the same

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Reinventing the ranch

Can the cattle ranch be updated to fight climate change?

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Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions

We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.

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Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?

An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression

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Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?

The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere

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Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation

In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.

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Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor

Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations

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Residents turn detective to fight crime

Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime

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The school that puts wellbeing first

One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students

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Trieste’s mental health ‘revolution’

How Italy’s radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today

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Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns

Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides

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A simple way to help a relative if they’re arrested

A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes

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Putting a price on carbon

How to increase the cost of causing climate change

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Bangladesh’s biker girls

The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.

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The concrete cleaners

Making cement that locks in carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere

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Oysters to the rescue

The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines

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A new way to detect an invisible poison in water

Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water

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Meeting Colombia’s ‘Violentologist’

How a doctor in Colombia changed the way cities monitor and prevent violence

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The snakebite squad

A team in Kenya has introduced motorbike ambulances for people bitten by snakes

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Spotting the sound of a cardiac arrest

Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls

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Turning waste into energy

Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy

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Shopping for a better life

How a grocery store is bringing health care to people who can’t usually afford it

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The town rethinking the future of energy

Energy companies have come together in Finland to tackle climate change

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Gaming for good

Gamers are helping scientists to analyse research and develop new drugs

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