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Health · October, 2021

Stories about Health from October, 2021

Hong Kong stays firm on zero-COVID policy as its top strategy to reconnect with China

The city neglects relaxation pleas and introduces more restrictive measures

Written by Oiwan Lam

30 October 2021

Deaths of three Kenyan athletes puts focus on mental health and gender-based violence

Domestic violence and suicide rates have increased sharply this year

Written by Richard Wanjohi

28 October 2021

How children became the worst sufferers of COVID-19 induced lockdowns in India

"I don’t have a smartphone to attend classes"

Written by VideoVolunteers

27 October 2021

Publishing house removes section on transgender individuals from Russian translation of teen health book

The book aims to provide inclusive, body-positive information about menstruation

Written by RuNet Echo

27 October 2021

We need ‘painless’ glucose monitors, says Mia Chichkarikj, a 16-year-old diabetes patient from North Macedonia

Type 1 juvenile diabetes is on the rise globally and in North Macedonia

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

22 October 2021

Community care during the pandemic in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines

Inspiring stories amid uncertainty, despair, and a surging pandemic

Written by Mong Palatino, Sydney Allen

19 October 2021

Young Azerbaijani activist goes public about grave crime committed against her whose perpetrator remains unpunished

The 17-year-old feminist activist shared details of the incident on Facebook

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

16 October 2021

No hatred nor pity: Just let me live in my own body

You have to be brave to defend the validity of your body

Written by Lucía Jiménez Peñuela Translated by Ellie Weekes

15 October 2021

Fake vaccine passport scandal revealed in Armenia

Police detained six health workers for distributing fake vaccine certificates

Written by OC Media

15 October 2021

COVID-19, vaccination and the progress of the global healthcare system

‘… obesity may serve to spread serious COVID illness to lower age groups’

Written by Ian Inkster

14 October 2021

Could Miami show Trinidad and Tobago how to safely pull off Carnival in a pandemic?

'Hoping that it wasn’t a super spreader'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

14 October 2021

Ukraine’s trans-border transplant quandary

Most Ukrainians needing a lifesaving organ transplant must travel abroad

Written by Transitions Online

10 October 2021

Jamaica forced to dump 55,000 doses as COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy persists

Only about 10 per cent of Jamaica's population is fully vaccinated

Written by Emma Lewis

8 October 2021

Kenyan government’s use of surveillance technologies to tackle COVID-19 raises human rights concerns

People suspected of having COVID-19 were tracked using telecommunications data

Written by Cecilia Maundu

7 October 2021

Chinese citizen journalist held incommunicado after COVID reporting reappears

Chen Qiushi reappeared after missing for 600 days

Written by Oiwan Lam

4 October 2021

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