Section: Health
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New wave of young Muslim swim teachers makes a splash in south Wales
Newport charity KidCare4U is training a new generation of Muslim swimming teachers
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Muslim medics sound alarm over cancellation of key NHS population survey
Health Survey for England is ‘vital’ to understand health inequalities affecting Muslim and South Asian people, warns British Islamic Medical Association
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Mental health project that draws on 1,000 years of Islamic psychology turns 10
The Lantern Initiative helps Muslims across the UK tackle anxiety and low mood using the work of psychology pioneers Abu Zayd al-Balkhi and Avicenna
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Bradford’s madrasas became health hubs — now others are following suit
Pizza bans and stretches before studying the Qur’an are among the ways Bradford’s Muslim supplementary schools are improving kids’ health
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‘If I’d been taught what endometriosis was, I’d have known sooner’
Cultural stigma and a lack of appropriate care have painful consequences for the menstrual health of Muslim women
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NHS pays ethnic minority workers from overseas less than white colleagues
Asian migrant workers are 22% less likely to be high earners than their white, UK-born colleagues, while Black migrant workers are 30% less likely
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‘We just don’t talk about miscarriage’
Asiya Dawood is determined that women should not have to face the pain of baby loss alone
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‘We showed strength and resilience’: The first mosques to offer Covid vaccines
In early 2021, UK mosques began setting themselves up as vaccine centres for the first time, helping fight disinformation in their communities
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‘We’re Muslim. Here’s why we’re happy giving our children the HPV vaccine’
Low uptake is putting Muslim teens at risk of cancer. Now parents are fighting back against misinformation and say the jab is compatible with Islam
