Stories about Health from April, 2009
Palestine: Health Issues On Film
Eva Bartlett, a Canadian activist in Gaza, reports on a short documentary competition held to mark World Health Day, highlighting health issues Gazans face, and medical care during attacks.
China: Health Care Reform
Josie Liu from China in Transition comments on the China health care reform blueprint.
Japan: The best remedies for hay fever
id: Fromdusktildawn sums up [ja] the best items and treatments against hay fever (花粉症, kafunsho). The blogger illustrates the pollen structure and the allergens that cause the hay fever through graphs and microscope images, and accurately reports on the different masks, vacuum cleaners and air filters purchasable in Japan.
China: Psychiatry with Chinese characteristics
Peking University Law Professor specialized in forensics, Sun Dongdong, told China News Weekly on March 23 that 99% of China's petitioners (zh) are mentally ill and that he support for forced hospitalization of them. Update (April 8, 2009 @ 8:00): Internet monitor center issued a notice to webmasters of portals...
Haiti: Vaccination Drive
The Haitian Blogger has his doubts about the motives of various NGOs that “are in the process of vaccinating 1 million Haitians with an oral polio vaccine.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Facelift
“Quick! Look busy. Obama is coming. Hide away anything that would suggest that we have screwed up priorities and should be spending $600 million doing the things we are paying lip service to in the Summit of the Americas declaration ”: Attillah Springer wishes Trinidad and Tobago would get its priorities...
Laos: Majority have no insurance coverage
According to a news report, 80 percent of Lao citizens have no insurance coverage.
Haiti: What the G20 Should Do
Dying in Haiti republishes a letter that a friend wrote to The Washington Post about “what the G-20 can do for Haiti.”
The first Brunei Postgraduate Symposium
Two weeks ago, the first Bruneian Postgraduate Symposium was held at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental African Studies in London. The symposium provided an oppprtunity for Bruneian students to exchange ideas and concerns on various topics. Participants discussed the difficulties of accessing resources and data on Brunei for academic research.
Palestine: The Politics of Health
Louisa Waugh writes at the New Internationalist's Gaza Blog: “Last week the Hamas Government took a political decision that will change the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of people inside Gaza.” Read about the new policy concerning healthcare here.
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