News tagged with sterilisation

Nigeria polio attacks revive conspiracy theory worries

Walking with wooden crutches because polio robbed him of the use of his legs, Aminu Ahmed Tudun-Wada is determined to prevent superstition and misinformation crippling efforts to vaccinate against the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Indian women dumped in field after sterilisations

Scores of women were dumped unconscious in a field after a mass sterilisation in eastern India because there was no room in hospital for them to recuperate, medical officials said Thursday.

Health Feb 07, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Sweden ends forced sterilisation of sex change patients

Sweden will no longer require sex change patients to be sterilised after a law banning the practice entered into force on Thursday.

Health Jan 10, 2013 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 0