Stories about Health from August, 2016
Nicaragua Has a Cervical Cancer Problem. A Coffee Farm Is Trying to Help.
Nicaragua has the highest cervical cancer death rate in the Americas —and women must face down societal pressure even to get treated.
How Traditional and Western Medicine Are Working Together to Help Indigenous Patients in Venezuela
"Here there are those who take the harm from the depths of his being, here there are those who suck away the evil spirits."
How the Zika Narrative About Puerto Rico Explains US Colonialism
Puerto Ricans work, love, live and struggle daily to resist not only the Zika virus, but something much more devastating: more than a century of colonialism and its many consequences.
Trinidad & Tobago's Culture Was ‘Made Richer’ Thanks to Earl Crosby
"He was one of those people that you think would always be there — and then he's suddenly gone and this hole is created that can't be easily filled."
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