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Monday, February 11, 2008
Health experts warn parents must act to reduce obesity levels in black children
With already higher levels of obesity occurring among young people of African descent, health experts have been investigating the causes and what can be done to reduce the high obesity rates within this group. By Yasmin Barracks
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Tackling HIV among the young black community
Recent surveys published by the Health Protection Agency and National AIDS Trust have revealed HIV to be the fastest growing sexually transmitted disease among young people, but especially among young Africans living in the UK.
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Living with Lupus in your teens
In this article, our new trainee feature writer Yasmin Barracks exmaines how some young women, including herself, have coped with the sometimes debilitating immune disease, Lupus.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Healing for survival: The Great Physician International
The Great Physician International is on a mission to heal. He believes that as African people we have been poisoning our bodies for hundreds of years and the results are disproportionately high rates of diseases and premature death. By Deborah Gabriel
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Psychiatric ASBOs set to wreak havoc in the black community
Government plans to forcibly medicate patients who have used psychiatric services while living in the community is an abuse of power and will target black people, say mental health campaigners. ONLINE PETITION
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Black women with cancer deserve a better deal from the health service, says survivor
Black Britain talks with Marina Raime, Chair of African Caribbean Breast Cancer Services about her mission to support, inform, educate and empower women suffering with breast cancer, which stemmed from her own diagnosis six years ago…
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Monday, September 04, 2006
Black communities take a stand as powerful campaign against draft Mental Health Bill is launched
Black mental health organisations, black majority churches and grassroots organisations have united to launch a powerful campaign against the draft Mental Health Bill, which fails to acknowledge discrimination against black people in the system.
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Monday, July 31, 2006
Black Health campaigners welcome delay in reforms to Mental Health Law
The government’s decision to delay the introduction of the hugely unpopular amendments to the 1983 Mental Health Act until after Parliamentary recess has been welcomed by race equality campaigners.
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Monday, July 24, 2006
New research reveals why black people are more prone to inflammatory diseases and how they can be prevented
Obesity, heart disease, lupus, high blood pressure, endometriosis and diabetes are all inflammatory diseases. Black Britain examines why black people suffer disproportionately from these illnesses and crucially how they can be prevented.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Women have crucial role to play in reducing high rate of HIV among Africans in the UK
Today’s black woman is educated, articulate and climbing the career ladder faster than men – so why are men still calling the shots when it comes to sex? A new campaign aims to tackle the high rates of HIV among Africans in the UK by changing attitudes.
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