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Shows matching ‘health and healthcare’

A Crisis of Care: Gina’s Story (Part 2)

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

On the second of our three-part series, ‘A Crisis of Care,’ a look inside California’s prison health care system, we continue ‘Gina’s Story.’

A Crisis of Care: Gina’s Story (Part 1)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

This is the first of a three-part series, ‘A Crisis of Care,’ a look inside the prison health care system in the state of California, where we learn about ‘Gina’s Story’ within the prison system.

Still Talking About Sex

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

On this edition, we’ll hear from the former attorney general, Joycelyn Elders, who to this day remains a fierce advocate for health related policies.

Reproductive Justice: Voices from SisterSong (encore edition)

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

On this edition from our Women’s Desk, we hear from three women advocating for comprehensive reproductive health, that include the issues of sex education, HIV and AIDS prevention, housing, educational opportunities, queer-conscious-healthcare, the economic resources to support a child, the right to live free of violence, as well as an analysis of reproductive technologies.

Women Rising XV: World Health Activists

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Prudence Mabele is a South African activist in the battle to contain HIV. Mary Pipher is an American psychologist and author confronting the American Psychological Association about its cooperation with the U.S. government in the use of torture.

The Color of AIDS: Bringing “Risk” Up to Date

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Those on the front lines of the grassroots HIV/AIDS movement bring the discussion about HIV risk up to date. They say generating more relevant prevention models is literally a matter of life and death, especially for women of color.

HIV Groups Work to Bring CDC’s Risk Categories Up to Date

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Eighty percent of women get the HIV virus from heterosexual contact. Yet the Centers for Disease Control or CDC, has no category for these women. The government agency distributed 300 million dollars a year to state and local health departments for prevention activists to high risked population. But are these funds getting to the people that need them?