Monthly Archives: January 2009
Unsafe Abortions throughout the Developing World and One Country’s Hope-Inspiring First Step towards Ending the Epidemic
In a landmark decision which has provoked strong emotions from both proponents and opponents of the law, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled in August 2008 to uphold a Mexico City statute which allows for “unrestricted abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy.” The decision is surprising, considering the fervent opposition it received from both the more »
Maternal Iron-Deficiency Anemia: An Unfamiliar Epidemic
I shivered as I walked through the foothills towards the city lights. The sun was quickly dropping below the horizon line, yet the fear of being alone in the dark was overshadowed by my inability to continue running. After only two miles – a third of what I set out to run – my head more »
The Deportation of Uninsured Immigrants by U.S. Hospitals
It’s 2:00 A.M. at a small airport in Arizona as an ambulance pulls up to a small plane on the runway, several people hop out of the ambulance, unload a man in a stretcher and carry him onto the plane. They return to their ambulance and drive off into the night, leaving the few onlookers more »
Generation D? The Hidden, Depressed Generation in Post-Genocidal Rwanda
Hidden within Rwanda, deep in the rural villages, there is a growing epidemic among orphaned, youth heads-of-household. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which left over 800,000 people dead, and the fact that over 190,000 Rwandans are currently living with HIV, has created an enormous orphan population within the African nation [1,2]. In 2005, it was more »