Section: 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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‘More than just running’: the group offering women a path to mental wellbeing
From coffee mornings, pamper evenings to jogging groups, Leicester-based Sisters4Islam is creating a safe space to tackle loneliness in the Muslim community
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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
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What happened to Covid key workers when the clapping stopped?
Five years after the UK’s first lockdown was imposed, those who kept Britain running face a different challenge
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Use Ramadan to quit, anti-smoking team tells mosques in east London
Health outreach workers from Queen Mary University of London are visiting mosques to encourage people to beat the habit
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Former gambling addicts visit mosques to tackle stigma
Gambling is a sin in Islam. That can stop people getting help if they have a problem, says outreach group Urban Muslimz
