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In the event of a sudden change of air pressure inside the plane, oxygen masks will be released from the headboard. While it was nothing extraordinary, I listened intently to how oxygen masks must be worn by individuals before they can assist others. I reflected on this while on my way to intern in a humanitarian crisis caused by a super typhoon.
Are we offering respectful accounts of what we do, the places we visit and the people we meet?
This is the start of an unfinished list of principles that asks us to reflect throughout our journeys on how we go about storytelling, research and engagement for global health.
World Refugee Week has come and gone, yet it is crucial to continue the discussion surrounding access to care and refugee narratives. Today, Eye on Global Health invites you to reflect and celebrate the resilience, strength, and hope shown by displaced people – and the work done by those who support them.
In this article, we talk to Alan Muse Ahmed, a Global Health Alumni, about her experience working with Internally Displaced People in Somaliland – her home country.
We talk broadening the conversation on period poverty, menstrual stigma and gender norms in Maasai communities in Kenya with friend and activist, Jamal Nungoh.
Menstruation is often considered the first step into womanhood, but this idea combined with cultural taboo surrounding menstruation, has often silenced the voices of trans, non-binary, and gender-non-conforming menstruators. In this article, we invite you to challenge your assumptions about menstruation to ensure that we hear ALL our voices.