Stories about Health from March, 2008
Circumcision, a vaccine against AIDS?
In recent years, scientific studies have showed that circumcised men have a dramatically lower risk of contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Many African governments are contemplating encouraging voluntary circumcision alongside more conventional prevention methods. Zied, a Tunisian blogger and public health worker who blogs at zizou from Djerba, tackles this controversial topic.
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Face ‘Violence Rise’
Nasim Fekrat reports that in spite of seemingly improved gender picture in Afghanistan after Taliban rule, the recent researches tell that the situation for women is going from worse to worse.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Bomb Scare
Blogging from St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Abeni is horrified that “patients and staff of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital had to be hurriedly evacuated” because of a bomb scare.
Barbados, USA: HIV Impact
Blogging from Barbados, Gallimaufry quotes AIDS activist Masimba Biriwasha on the potential impact of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS epidemic on the US.
Jamaica: Homophobia
“What’s at the crux of such bigotry? Our homophobia can be so extreme that a man who has only one woman is suspect. And there in lies the subtext, that our Homophobia is not really homophobia at all but a crisis in manliness”: Marlon James dissects the issue of homophobia...
Russia: Natalia Morar's Domodedovo Ordeal
Below is the translation of journalist Natalia Morar's first blog post since her departure from Russia, published on March 4. Morar, a citizen of Moldova, was "barred from entering Russia in December on a secret Federal Security Service order" and was denied entry into Moscow again last week, spending three days in detention at Moscow's Domodedovo airport with her husband, a Russian citizen.
Kuwait: Farewell Dr Al Rubaie
Kuwaiti blogger A3sab pays tribute to her country's former Education Minister Dr Ahmad Al Rubaie, who passed away this week. She recalls a quick encounter she has with him while she was a student in Egypt.
Kuwait: R.I.P Ahmad AlRubi'e
Kuwaiti bloggers lament the death of leading intellectual and politician Dr Ahmad AlRubi'e. Many bloggers posted condolences to his family on their blogs and some others wrote passionately about how connected to him they were. Abdullatif AlOmar brings us the story.
Japan: Justice served in contaminated blood scandal
Martin at Kurashi reports on news that the Japanese supreme court upheld a suspended prison sentence for a former health official, Akihito Matsumura, for having failed to prevent the use of HIV-contaminated blood products in the mid-1990s. Martin finishes his post with the question: “When will this debate start for...
South Africa: Another Manto Blunder…
The controversial South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who you might remember a couple of posts back as being under fire for her antics…is back in the spotlight, this time bloggers are venting anger at an address she gave to the presidential task team on traditional medicine.
El Salvador: Medical Tourism
Tim's El Salvador Blog writes about the latest coverage regarding medical tourism to El Salvador, and writes that a patient's trip, “becomes both a medical treatment and a tropical vacation.“
Ukraine, UK: More on Olena Franchuk's New House
Ukrainiana writes about the new owner of “Britain’s highest priced mansion”: ex-president Kuchma's daughter Olena Franchuk.
Pakistan: Healthcare
The Pakistani Spectator takes a closer look at the health care system in the country.
Stoned in Kuwait
Desert Girl, from Kuwait, just got stoned. Before jumping to conclusions, read this post.
Iraq: Sewerage Problems
Sewerage problems persist in East Baghdad, according to the latest video report from Alive in Baghdad.
Rio de Janeiro is not one of the 25 world's dirtiest cities, yet.
Luiz Antonio Ryff comments[pt] on the list of the 25 World's Dirtiest Cities published by Forbes.com, and says he is quite impressed Rio de Janeiro doesn't figure on the list: “Rio de Janeiro is not on the list, despite the huge efforts made by some of it's inhabitants to grime...
China: Hack into Freedom City
For China's Astro Boy generation, a house arrested blogger like Zeng Jinyan could be most clearly viewed as one node in a network system needing to be re-established as quickly as possible. This seems to be at least partly the case in ‘Hack into Freedom City’, a manual being P2Ped...
Trinidad & Tobago: Children with HIV
Now is Wow posts a video that she filmed about children living with HIV in Trinidad & Tobago.
Lova Rakotomalala: Putting Madagascar on the map
Coming from Madagascar, a country that doesn't make the world's headlines often and sometimes doesn't even make it to the African map, Lova Rakotomalala has played an extremely important role in making this unique island better known and heard through blogging and his reports for Global Voices Online.
Kazakhstan: Blood Donor Center Opening
Kamneed provides an extensive and informative photo-post on the opening of the City Blood Donor Center in Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan.
Cuba: Human Rights Treaty
Cuba has signed two United Nations treaties on human rights, but Child of the Revolution wonders whether the move will make any difference.
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