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Religion and mental health

At a time of extreme distress, Jamila Pereira found that the faith she had relied on was failing her. Here she describes how she found other ways to begin healing and finding happiness.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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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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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

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  • A woman's face on shattered glass: women's health rights in Sudan. Colour lithograph by Ahfad Reproductive Health Centre, ca. 1999.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • A group of young people going into an information health centre in Senegal. Colour lithograph by Senegal Service National de la Sante Reproductive, ca. 2000.
  • Travelling abroad? Thinking of getting married? : Make sure sexual health is on your agenda when you are looking for your life partner ... more than 4/5ths of all HIV infected women contract the virus from a male partner ... / Brent & Harrow fund this initiative ; this poster was jointly produced by Asian Women's Resource Centre and The Naz Project London.
  • An information sheet about AIDS for parents, teachers and students with 7 questions and answers and illustrations on how AIDS is not transmitted; an advertisement by the Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph by Mike Biele, Papen and Design Werkstatt.
  • An information sheet about AIDS for parents, teachers and students with 7 questions and answers and illustrations on how AIDS is not transmitted; an advertisement by the Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph by Mike Biele, Papen and Design Werkstatt.
  • A man sitting with his arms around 2 women, the same man taking medication, then escorting his pregnant wife away from a rural health clinic [?] and then embracing their baby; a warning about the dangers of multiple partners and the importance of protection against AIDS by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
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