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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.

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What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.

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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics

Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.

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Yoga gets physical

Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.

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  • Have you arranged travel insurance? : Take care - take some condoms : condoms protect against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy... / Health Education Authority ; Health Promotion Wales.
  • Have you arranged travel insurance? : Take care - take some condoms : condoms protect against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy... / Health Education Authority ; Health Promotion Wales.
  • Still using condoms, AIDS hasn't gone away, can't tell by looks, new treatments - but still no cure, best be careful, keep sex safer : Phone for the facts / Health Education Authority.
  • Children and HIV : Rome symposium / Symposium on the needs of children and familes affected by HIV - a European perspective, National Children's Bureau, The Institute of Health ; sponsored by the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. as part of its international Positive Action programme of HIV education, care and community support.
  • A woman accosts another at a water collecting point before a crowd of onlookers waiting to fill their buckets: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A pregnant mother sits crying before a table surrounded by her large deprived family: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • Many people attempt to board an already crowded bus: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A man at a dispensary counter raises his arms in despair before crowds of waiting people: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A pregnant mother sits in tatters with her deprived family: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A mother feeding her child: treating children with diarrhoea in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
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