I didn’t have a heartfelt World AIDS day story this time round. I couldn’t even post a tweet with alarming statistics of some sort – hence my late post. It took me a while to sort out my feelings after which I realized that I’m not any less passionate about the issue. It’s just that … Continue reading »
BY BERLINE PIERRE-LOUIS, TC DAILY PLANET November 28, 2011 In Irene Asong-Morfaw’s native Cameroon, the cultural opinion is that “boys are the heroes and boys can’t get in trouble.” This mindset, she feels, prevents boys and men from having to be responsible for their sexual health. Asong-Morfaw says that a woman may know that there … Continue reading »
I recently wrote about international student health insurance (below). What has your experience been? What do you do when you have to see a dentist? Or when insurance doesn’t cover your ailment? Please share in comments below. When the twenty-two-year-old student’s heart started racing, she figured that she was just fatigued after a long day … Continue reading »
The Black Women’s Health Imperative, a health advocacy group, has called the new recommendations for delaying the start of mammograms until age 50 a death sentence to black women. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), published a report this month detailing new recommendations for breast cancer. In its assessment the taskforce found insufficient evidence … Continue reading »
The health care debate in the United States has sparked fire-works and continues to rage—as Obama pushes for health care reform. This back-and forth discourse got me thinking about the state of health care in Africa. While watching Charlie Rose interview some of the top researchers and health care experts on the recent influenza pandemic, … Continue reading »
RED10 AFFAIR RED 10 @ MN AIDS WALK Team Red10 would like to encourage you to join the Minnesota Aids Walk scheduled for Sunday May 17th 2009. A Red10 Affair party, will be held on Saturday May 16th 2009 at Trocaderos in downtown Minneapolis. AIM and FunkHouse Entertainment are donating ALL the profits from the … Continue reading »
by Kawuma HIV/AIDS continues to make the headlines, rightly so as the pandemic tearing apart Sub-Saharan Africa. However, behind the scenes is malaria, the most important parasitic disease affecting humans. One billion people are affected by malaria worldwide with over 3,000 children dying each day and one to three million deaths per year. Although the … Continue reading »
IBé Maybe it’s because my own mother is losing her mind to the same wicked disease, but I just read a story about an old lady that just broke my heart. As the story goes, back in 1994, a mute elderly woman was found wondering a mall in New Jersey. When the police picked her … Continue reading »
By Katherine Stone (TC Daily Planet) Know someone who is uninsured and doesn’t qualify for MinnesotaCare or Medical Assistance? St. Mary’s Health Clinics may be able to help. This network of nine neighborhood clinics throughout the Twin Cities offers free clinic hours weekly to those who have health care needs and nowhere else to go. Continue reading »
The article below was sent out on World AIDS Day. Also, you can listen to minneAfrican writer Yeamah on last Saturday’s African Roots Connection radioshow talking about AWAD and HIV awareness. Circumcision Cuts HIV Infection in African Men: Are there implications for the U.S.? By Wynfred Russell (wynfred@umn.edu) For well over two decades, Sub-Saharan Africans … Continue reading »
