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This Week in Global Health

A weekly round- up of selected health news from around the world. Posted each Friday.

A banana seller smokes a bidi, the ‘poor man’s cigarette’.
J Adam Huggins for The National

World Lung Foundation’s Dr. Judith MacKay speaks to China Daily about making Hong Kong a smoke-free city.

The Huffington Post opines that non-communicable diseases are a women’s health issue.

The National reports on World Lung Foundation’s anti-bidi efforts in India.

The New Zealand Herald denounces 50 years of Big Tobacco’s ‘dirty tricks’.

The Courier and the Western Advocate report on the terrible toll taken by tuberculosis in Papau, New Guinea.

Poor health ... Soba's four-year-old son Sawai Naruwa lost the use of his legs after contracting tuberculosis.

The Boston Globe reports that the steady decline in U.S. smoking rates has slowed in the last five years.

A study released by the United Nations shows that rates of neonatal death are down internationally, but remain high in Africa.

Another study shows that children in countries with a dearth of health workers are five times more likely to die from illnesses than children in developed countries.

Bloomberg Business week reports that pregnant women and girls in Sierra Leone are being denied access to free government health care, according to Amnesty International.

The Wall Street Journal profiles seven states with the highest smoking rates.

The Global Post reports on preventing obstetric fistulas in Rwanda.

‘Could donkey ambulances save lives?’ asks the Guardian.

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