Stories about Health from April, 2010
Mexico: Children Born with AIDS
Each year in Mexico, between 250-300 children are born with AIDS, writes Jessica Uribe of Vivir México [es].
Uzbekistan: HIV-outbreak is covered up, anti-AIDS campaigner is sentenced
About 150 Uzbek children were infected with HIV in hospitals of Namangan, the third-largest city of Uzbekistan. Although the incident was registered in 2007-08, the issue became public only in March 2010, when the opposition-minded Ferghana.ru website (blocked in Uzbekistan) leaked a documentary [rus], which had been shot by the...
Egypt: Excellent Cat Meows for President Mubarak
Egyptians are quick to pounce on the opportunity to use all the social media tools at their disposal. Marwa Rakha takes a look at how bloggers and online peers mobilised themselves to poke fun at an editorial in a daily newspaper.
El Salvador: National Campaign Against Dengue Fever
Tim Muth writes about the national campaign against dengue fever in El Salvador, where 1965 cases have been reported during the first 70 days of the 2010.
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