Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Healthcare'
What China’s ‘One-Child Policy’ Really Looks Like — A View from the Grassroots
by Kim Wall, Tea Leaf Nation, China/US - Earlier this week, China’s leadership announced the merging of the Family Planning Commission, which oversees the implementation of the policy, with the Health Ministry, drawing speculation as to whether the Chinese family...
Inequality of Healthcare for Women Must Be Eradicated
by Orla O'Connor, Irish Times, Ireland - No discussion on women’s right to health in Ireland in 2012 can take place without emphasising the critical right of women to reproductive health and abortion....
Invisible and Crystal Clear
by Rannveig Svendby, Kilden, Norway - What is it like to have both a disability and a sexual orientation that is not heterosexual? A new study shows that this group encounters prejudice and ignorance in the Norwegian health care system....
An 'Oasis' for Sick Children
by Mairead Dundas, France 24, France - Neither a house nor a hospital, Oasis is an alternative which has proven a haven for sick children and their families. The French government is currently evaluating this pilot project in Toulouse, with...
“Multigenerational Poverty”
by Alice Keys, M.D., Mad in America, USA - I was taught in medical school that poverty is the cause of our difficulties in providing medical care. I was taught to blame the patient for being poor and unemployed....
Facing Brain Surgery, a Health Economist Finds the Health-Care Market Hard to Navigate
by Dahlia K. Remler, Washington Post, USA - My difficulties show how hard it is — even for someone who has studied health-care and insurance issues — to navigate the health-care marketplace, particularly when you have a serious medical condition....
Collateral Damage in the War on Women
by Akiba Solomon, Colorlines, USA - Two years into what NARAL Pro-Choice America has famously dubbed the War on Women, the wear is beginning to show in cities and towns around the country where poor, uninsured women live. In the...
Health for All
by Zubeida Mustafa, Zubeida Mustafa, Pakistan - It is said that modern healthcare is accessible to only 15 per cent of the population of Pakistan. In other words, nearly 150 million men, women and children in this country are denied...
Women’s Health Rights in Saudi Arabia
by Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi, Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia - There is an assumption that women in Saudi Arabia do not have full rights to health care and can not provide consent for their own medical treatment or procedures. However, the...
U.S. Health Law May Curb Rising Maternal Deaths
by Malena Amusa, Women's eNews, USA - As the U.S. maternal mortality rate continues to increase, the new health care law could offer improvements in preventative care for women. Yet, definitive answers to why more American mothers are dying remain...
Medical Bills Drive Many U.S. Women into Debt
by Maggie Fox, MSNBC, USA - “Women, particularly those in their childbearing years, are uniquely at risk for being unable to afford the care they need, having trouble with medical bills, and having high out-of-pocket costs,” said Commonwealth Fund vice...
Lack of Healthcare Provisions in a Disease-Stricken Land
by Zuha Siddiqui, Dawn, Pakistan - Walk along the bustling road opposite the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and you won’t miss the malnourished men lying on footpaths, waiting for a doctor to hand them a prescription for a drug...
Anti-Contraception Activists React to SCOTUS Ruling
by Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches, USA - The new strategy by anti-choice groups, though, is to try to portray Obamacare advocates as waging a war on women, attempting to turn the war on women frame on its head....
Why Many Young Adults Might Lose Coverage If Health Law Falls
by Julie Rovner, NPR, USA - Lots of those young adults are no longer dependents of their parents for tax purposes. So if the employer continues to provide coverage to that adult child, the value of that insurance could be...
Public Sector Outsourcing: Finally, an Unfairness We Can Do Something About
by Zoe Williams, The Guardian, UK - Shareholders and CEOs are benefiting from the outsourcing boom. But done differently, society could look much fairer....
Healthcare and Scalia's Broken Moral Compass
by Ilyse Hogue, The Nation, USA - Buried deep in hearings filled with legalese and judicial sparring was a short exchange that illuminates an American ideal that truly hangs in the balance with this decision—the idea that in a civilized...
Obamacare Cronyism Makes Bad Medicine
by Mary Theroux, The Beacon, USA - Emails released last week between representatives of major pharmaceutical companies (“big Pharma”) and top Obama administration officials, including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, reveal insider-dealing sufficient to kill any remaining Hope...
In All the Debate About Breastfeeding, Where Is the Support For Mothers?
by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, RH Reality Check, USA - We should not be relegated to a bathroom or closet because society has not deemed it critical to create private nursing or pumping spaces in public locations. We should not have to...
Moms Who Blog: A Powerful Force for Change in Healthcare
by Katie Matlack, Women's Media Center, USA - Women are the power users of social media and are the directors of healthcare for most families. And women–and especially mothers–frequently are the ones who have the insight, the blogs and the...
Red = Don't Reanimate!
by Maike Winters, Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - An unusual experiment is due to start in February in the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the Dutch town of Dordrecht. Patients who do not want to be reanimated will be given red wristbands....
Indigenous and Garífunas Fight Discrimination in Health Care System
by Louisa Reynolds, Latin America Press, Peru - Despite changes on paper, barriers to safe and culturally-appropriate health care remains elusive....
Montana Looks North for Health Care That Works
by Rebecca Leisher, Yes!, USA - A little over a decade ago he was busing Montana senior citizens to Canada to fill their prescriptions at reasonable prices—a way of protesting the American pharmaceutical industry. Now, Montana governor Brian Schweitzer is...
Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care
by Ramona Wadi, Upside Down World, Canada - Cuban doctors have regaled people in Latin America and around the world with medical opportunities which, in capitalist ideology and implementation, remain remote. While Cubans are provided free health care provided by...
Giving Birth on the Frontline
by Sue Turton, Al Jazeera, Qatar - The impact of the drawn out conflict on ordinary people in Sirte was brought into sharp focus for us last night. We had swung by the field hospital on the way back from...
Family Planning Saves Lives
by Alexandra Gordon, Miami Herald, USA - One mother dies nearly every 90 seconds during pregnancy or childbirth — and millions more are left with life-altering disabilities. Many of these girls are 19 or under....
More Pregnant Women Dying in California
by Jen Phillips, Mother Jones, USA - There's something seriously wrong when your health insurer doesn't cover your prenatal care....
A Medical Service for Villagers, Run by Village Women
by Priyanka Golikeri, Daily News & Analysis, India - Till a year ago, Gyarsidevi was like any other woman in the village. Attending to the needs of her children, caring for her ageing in-laws and cultivating bajra and millets from...
Jamaican Pharmacists 'Mourn' Poor Practices, Working Conditions
by Nadine Wilson, Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - "What we have seen is that because of the shortages of registered pharmacists, many facilities, particularly health centres, have pharmacy technicians operating on their own without the supervision of registered pharmacists."...
EU Patients Get New Rules on Seeking Treatment Abroad
by Valentina Pop, EU Observer, Belgium - "Some rare diseases aren't even recognised in some countries, let alone treated. And small countries often can't offer the same medical services as bigger nations."...
In Russia, Young Mums up in Arms
by Svetlana Kononova, Moscow News, Russia - Russia’s mothers are up in arms over New Year’s cuts in maternity benefits, which will now be calculated based on a woman’s average income over the last two years, rather than over a...
On MLK Day, A Continued Fight Against Health Disparities
by Brie Cadman, Change, USA - In Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1966 proclamation, "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane," he touches on a cornerstone of the national debate over health...
Rwanda: Dying to Be Born
by Gertrude Majyambere, New Times, Rwanda - African women have cited a variety of abusive behaviors as reasons for choosing the more perilous route of home birth....
Giffords Shooting Raises Questions About Mental Health Care
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check, USA - Beyond the political and environmental questions of motivation, one thing really should be clear from the New York Times profile of Loughner---at this point in time, he seems to be another example...
Daring to Demand Their Rights
by Nurit Wurgaft, Ha'aretz, Israel - Many have spoken on behalf of those suffering from mental disorders, but now they are speaking for themselves - and working to ensure that the latest health reform addresses their needs....
The Other Half: Dying of Indifference
by Kalpana Sharma, The Hindu, India - Every eight minutes a woman dies in our country due to pregnancy-related complications. Why aren't we able to devise an accessible healthcare system?...
Drug Money
by Melanie Newman and Chris Woods, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies have been fined billions of dollars after investigations into their secret working practices. What these cases have revealed will change the way the...
Gaza Siege Damages Palestinians' Health
by Kate Kelland, Reuters, UK - Palestinian health experts studying the impact of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip say it threatens to cause long-term damage to Palestinians' health, with many children at risk of stunted growth or malnutrition....
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