No sex please we're Japanese

Here is the video we saw in class.It is a terrible title but there are some interesting comments made in it. Catch up if you missed it or watch again to revise some of the information and think about how this relates to the Scottish situation our country is in at the moment.

Charley's Very Good Health - the National Health - Cartoon - 1950's

Chris Moyles and sports relief

Malaria Introduction

Malaria and Cheryl Cole

Hans does religion, babies and boxes.

Hans Rosling explaining the ways of the world in his own special way. Fantastic stuff as usual.

Save the Children Talk

Chinas One Child Policy

Malaria Videos

China's one child policy - Success or not?

This is an excellent article on this topic that we cover with S4 population and S5/6 at all levels for Development and Health. Have a look and see what you think.
China's Policy.

anti-malaria plant

Researchers have mapped the genes of Artemisia annua to allow selection of high-yield varieties. Artemisinin combination therapies, or ATCs, are used widely to treat malaria and are seen as the best solution to the disease. ACTs are expensive and demand threatens to outstrip supply.
Plant breeding, new drugs and clever ways to make artemisinin in the lab are the answer, according to world experts.
Scientists hope a better supply of the drug might also help with the problem of fake drugs being distributed.
Read the complete article here

Shanghai now wants a 'two-child policy'

Couples who were both only children, which includes most of the city's young adults, are allowed a second child. There are too many old people in the city and fewer people to look after them. There is a similar problem in Europe. The many only children of China have earned the nickname of "little emperors" as they are very spoiled.
China's birth-control policies have been hugely controversial in other countries and even in China itself, as enforcement has involved forced abortions and other abuses.
It has also been blamed for a gender imbalance, as a traditional preference for boys has persuaded some parents to abort girl babies. In other words more boys are being born than girls and this is now causing problems when boys cannot find a wife in some areas. Read the rest of this BBC article here. Look at sme of the links on this BBC page too as they are very seful for Int 2 and Higher.

Swine Flu

No comment. “Thanks” to Alan Parkinson on SLN for this one! Silly season continues with a bit of Billy Joel in there as well..

EMDC or ELDC?

I know I have posted this before but I think considering the post below it is relevant to put this in again. Love the fact that the educators are almost as good as chimpanzees! No comment please from you Carrick lot I may throw a banana at you!

HIV rates of spread in the world

Thanks to Richard Allaway for this video. This is a great piece of revision for Higher and Int 2 Development and Health. Brilliant reminder of how useful Gapminder is when you look carefully.

Swine Flu

Thanks to Alan Parkinson over at Living Geography for highlighting this one. Interesting for Int 2 Development and Health and even Higher (loosely).

China

BBC Scotlands China Series has a lot of good info on China. Good for S4, 5 and 6 to revise from.

The fate of baby girls in India

Read this horrific tale here. Backs up what we did a while ago with Higher. "a man digs a hole when his wife is pregnant: if when the baby is born it is a boy the jubilant father plants a tree to celebrate. If it is a girl the infant is buried alive".

Primary Health Care in action

Water Aid video

Development and Health

Two great movies here on the population topic. Just think of the first as a warning folks!
Population control?


Condom advert, India