Stories about Health from July, 2010
Morocco: Public Toilets Under Scrutiny
Moroccan blogger Big Brother Maroc [Fr] reports on the launch of Bitelma [Fr] (which translates to Water Closet), a website that invites visitors to publish pictures of “the worst public...
South Korea: Gender politics of smoking
The grand narratives reads into the statistic of smoking population and discusses the gender politics of smoking in South Korea.
Iraq: Caring for a Sick Grandmother
Iraqi blogger Sunshine is now in Baghdad, caring for her sick grandmother.
Cuba: Fariñas in Danger
Cuban bloggers continue to highlight the case of hunger striker and prisoner Guillermo Fariñas.
Barbados: The PM's Health
“No matter our politics we all care for David Thompson the person and his loved ones – but does this mean that effective political debate in Barbados must stop…until the...
China: Han Chinese unsuited to life in Tibet
The Angry Chinese Blogger blogs about the recent discussion concerning various health problems Han Chinese face in Tibet.
Russia: Oil Spills
Grigory Pasko writes about oil spills in Russia at Robert Amsterdam's blog (a GV overview of oil spills around the world is here).
Cuba: Twitter Plea
After the Archbishop of Havana receives a Twitter request from a Cuban hunger striker's mother to help save her son's life, Uncommon Sense says: “The cardinal might want break his...
Liberia: My life in Liberia
Shreya blogs about her life in Liberia: “I inevitably get sick whenever I travel and my trip to Liberia is no different… I had a minor bought of food poisoning...
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