News According to the Health Care Application published in the Official Gazette on 18th March 2014, the "voluntary" abortion of pregnancies up to 10 weeks will be financially covered by the Social Security Institution. Henceforth those who want an abortion will be able to undergo a curettage in public hospitals, provided that the pregnancy is less than 10 weeks. So far, the possibility for women to undergo a curettage in…

News On March 21, the BBC reported on "Jordan's 'forgotten' urban refugees from Syria". The article covers the growing crisis of urban refugees in Jordan that have escaped Syria and even left the official refugee camps but are still living in danger due to the substandard housing and lack of financial security that has become the daily struggle for thousands of Syrian families. "After escaping the horrors of war at…

News: The Guardian Newspaper of 14th March 2014 reported that Tanzania needs almost twice the number of medical personnel that it has now if the country is to enjoy better and improved medical services. The spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Nsachris Mwamwaja said currently the ministry has a shortage of 119,969 personnel, equal to 41 percent. He noted that while the minimum requirement of staff in…

News: The European Union and United States have agreed to impose sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian officials deemed responsible for a contested independence referendum in Crimea, officials have said. [Source: aljazeera] Comment: Rejecting the results of Crimea's referendum which showed that a large majority of Crimea's residents want to join the Russian federation the White House said the vote was held under "threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian…