illnesses
Tragic Death of a Birhor Child
On May 15, one of India’s major newspapers, the Daily Pioneer, published a report about the death of an 18-month-old Birhor boy. With the news media in India crowded by stories about the devastation of the pandemic, the coverage of issues in a remote Birhor village was interesting enough. More than that, the story was […]
Wrapping Up the Batek Measles Epidemic
Since the mystery illness that affected the Batek village of Kuala Koh was finally diagnosed as a measles epidemic several weeks ago, the flood of news stories in the Malaysian press has slowed to a trickle. A few of them provide helpful updates and useful insights, however. On June 24, the New Straits Times published […]
Batek Illness Becomes Deadly
Back in early April, reports came out about a mysterious illness that was afflicting the Batek of Kuala Koh: some young people were becoming sick and having breathing problems. The state health authorities in Kelantan attempted to provide cover for themselves by blaming the Batek for not being willing to take transportation to clinics to […]
Malapandaram Illnesses and Poverty
Over the past several weeks, two news reports about the Malapandaram have appeared in a major Indian newspaper, which is notable since that peaceful society gets less news coverage than any of the other 24 covered by this website. A news report published on March 4 in The Hindu was the more informative of the […]
