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Editors' pick: 11 hidden gems on our global health blog in 2021

Want to hear the former president of Zambia sing about public health? Find out what to do if you lose a sheep in Senegal? Use solar power to iron garments? Give these stories a read.
Source: Mahender Singh Deora/Veerni Institute / Julia Gunther for NPR / Mahender Singh Deora/Veerni Institute

Some stories on our blog Goats and Soda find an audience. Sometimes they don't. And when that happens, we editors get really bummed out!

That's why we're putting the spotlight on stories from 2021 that we think deserve more pageviews.

You'll learn about a group in Germany that teaches refugee women how to ride a bike. A Facebook page in Senegal that helps people find lost items like

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