Stories about Health from March, 2007
Poland: Politician Against Abortion and Gays
The beatroot reports on a Polish politician who “wants any new EU Constitution (yawn) to include a ban on abortion and rights for homosexuals.”
Poland: Simon Moll Wasn't Political Refugee
The beatroot continues covering the saga of the African man who infected seven Polish women with HIV: the latest news is that Simon Moll was only pretending to be a political refugee.
Africa: women and smoking
Jackie Tumwine asks, “Does tobacco empower the African woman?”: “The low female smoking rates in Africa are due to the social and cultural taboo against women smoking and not due to health awareness. The tobacco industry, in order to maintain profits, is steadily breaking these cultural norms through its aggressive...
Israel: Palestinian Children Starving
Israeli blogger Desert Peace links to a Christian Science Monitor article which says that Palestinian children are starving here.
Egypt: $450m for Bird Flu Campaign
Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey links to a news article which says that his country will be spending $450 million to conduct a nationwide campaign to vaccinate live poultry against avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu. “But don't you start spreading rumors that we might be having a Birdflu epidemic or...
Palestine: Film on Benghazi Aids Epidemic
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah links to a video highlighting the plight of a Palestinian doctor and a group of Bulgarian nurses accused of inflicting more than 400 children with the deadly Aids virus in Ben Ghazi, Libya, here. “Injection is the real-life story of six health care workers falsely accused...
Touring Libyan Blogs: Italian freedom fighters, niqab, road safety and the Libyan bloggers!
Abughilan – who has incidentally become one of my favourites haunts – surprises us with yet another beautiful lesson from the rich history of Libya. It is the story of an Italian soldier from the colonialist era who joins Omar Mukhtar's fighters, learns Arabic, becomes Muslim and marries a Libyan...
Bahrain: A female preacher who gave something extra
This week Mahmood Al Yousif, who is facing legal action regarding comments he made on his blog, refers to the supposed freedom of expression in Bahrain: No sooner than our king vowing to protect the freedoms of expression in Bahrain, than we get yet another journalist dragged in for questioning...
Egypt: Bird Flu Update
Egypt is recorded as the hardest hit country outside Asia by bird flu, writes Freedom for Egyptians here. She adds that the four-year-old girl is the disease's latest victim in her country.
Russia: Polonium-210 in “Law & Order”
Polonium-210 poisoning is a central theme of the latest episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, reports Scraps of Moscow.
Singapore: Sex Education and Teen Pregnancy
Kitana blogs in response to a news story in Singapore that talked about a 9 year old girl getting pregnant. The blogger feels that objective sex education should be a must in schools. “I’m irritated at the lack of objective sex education in schools. There is all this moral talk...
Egypt: How to Treat Burns
Egyptian blogger Whisper of Madness shares some traditional remedies to treat burns here!
Botswana: blessed is the hand that giveth
Nata Village clinic staff are excited about their new protective gowns, “These gowns will make their jobs a little easier and help to put their minds at rest when treating patients. The staff at Nata clinic wish to thank all of you who have donated to this website. The total...
China: Mosquito Fish
Tim Beckenham from Shanghaiist reports about the plan to introduce Mosquite fish to solve the problem of potential mosquito plague.