Topic: Health
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‘Pharmacy bingo’: the communities bearing the brunt of the medicine shortage crisis
A global shortage of medicines is creating even more barriers for Muslim communities in accessing healthcare
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‘Why are we a country of billionaires and food banks?’: Jeremy Corbyn talks Labour, Gaza and Islington North
Former Labour leader slams “cynical calculation” by party HQ that disaffected voters will still back Starmer as they have nowhere else to go
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Hussain Manawer Q&A: ‘I got on stage and performed, and it changed my life forever’
The best-selling British-Pakistani poet on how writing helped him process grief
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‘I have never seen injuries in children like I saw in Gaza’: a surgeon shares her experience
Dr Mahim Qureshi, a surgeon from London, spent two weeks in the Al-Aqsa hospital delivering vital aid to hundreds of patients
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Dr Ahmed Hankir Q&A: ‘Living with a mental health condition is a superpower’
The award-winning psychiatrist discusses the stigma around mental health in Muslim communities, and why he opened up about his own experiences
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Cerysh Sadiq Q&A: ‘Many Muslim women neglect their health’
Alimah and medical researcher Cerysh Sadiq discusses her involvement in a life-saving scheme to improve cancer screening uptake among women
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How doulas are helping to tackle inequality in maternity care
Research shows Muslim women are more likely to face discrimination during childbirth
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My time in a psychiatric ward made my religious father confront the reality of mental illness
With every visit, his preconceptions changed to empathy and acceptance
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‘It causes us so much suffering’: are attitudes finally changing around period shame?
Many menstruating women grow up in households where periods are still seen as shameful. But a new generation is pushing back against the stigma
