African roundup - December
BURKINA FASO
Victims of female circumcision (also know as ‘female genital mutilation’) are looking forward to the opening of ‘Pleasure Hospital’, West Africa’s first clinic for reconstructing clitorises damaged as a result of the ritual. Called ‘Pleasure Hospital’ the clinic is being built with a US$ 50,000 grant donated by US non-profit agency Clitoraid. It will offer free surgery to circumcised girls and women in West Africa, a region where FGM is widely practised. Demand for the service is so high that Clitoraid has placed a limit on the waiting list at 100.
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Your Heathcare, Your GPs, Your Say
Positively Women, on behalf of NHS Kensington and Chelsea and NHS Westminster, are undertaking a review into how people living with HIV access GPs and primary healthcare.
A series of discussion groups and one-to-one interviews are being held to find out people’s experiences and views of HIV healthcare and GPs. They are keen to hear from the following groups of people living with HIV who are currently under-represented in the review:
Your opinions are needed!
Terrence Higgins Trust is currently in need of your opinions! If you are within one of the below age-groups, please click on the respective survey link below to participate.
A group from the Young Leaders project are producing an information booklet on relationships and are looking for input from 13-19 year olds from across the country. A brief survey is being posted online so that teenagers can pass on their views.
Swine flu
What is swine flu?
Swine flu is a respiratory illness caused by the Type A flu (H1N1) virus. The current influenza pandemic (commonly known as ‘swine flu’) in countries around the world has been caused by a new version (strain) of the virus named as Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 by World Health Organization (WHO).
Swine flu is spread in the same way as ordinary colds and flu. The virus is spread through the droplets that come out of the nose or mouth when someone coughs or sneezes.
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As Africans, we are very much a part of the different cultures of Britain, which means we are never really separated from the many aspects of life in Britain that affect our health. At the same time, however, many of us remain deeply-rooted in the culture from where we originally emerged. This online community has been formed around the rich mix of modern lifestyle and African traditional beliefs, practices, and customs; it encourages connections and discussion around the challenge of how we can continue living in this country without putting our health—and in particular, our sexual health—at risk.
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