Archive for the ‘Public Health’ Category
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
The BBC reports on South African Children as young as 15 shooting up with grounded HIV anti-retrovirals sometimes mixed with painkillers and marijuana.
"I couldn't believe it. I was shocked at first, these were school boys in their school uniforms," documentary-maker Tooli Nhlapo told the BBC World Service's Outlook programme.
"They ...
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Speaking at an international AIDS conference, Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov said that the authorities will continue to ban gay parades to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS.
"We have banned and will continue to forbid this propaganda by sexual minorities, as they could turn out to be one of the ...
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
In a study conducted by the Institute of Condom Consultancy in Singen (germany) Frenchmen claimed to need 15.48 cm long condom. That's about 6 inch and 3 cm more than what the average Greek required.
The Study was conducted in 10,500 men in 25 countries who were asked to measure their ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
This piece was written in September 2006. The AIDS conference it mentionned was the one before that of 2008 where vulnerable groups where at last put under the spotlights. Names, places and minor details have been modified to protect people’s privacy.
Bedtime story
Wat, my neighbour has a new lodger, a 35-year ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Or the case of Thailand compulsory licensing vs. right wing pharmaceutical lobbyists
This article was written in May 2007, revised in June 2007 and minor edits were made on 17/11/08. I decided to republish it after my attention was drawn by the Wisdom of Whores to a recent opinion piece written ...
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