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Bibliography of News Items

This page lists articles posted in newspapers worldwide on Tibetan medicine or on health issues in Tibetan and Himalayan regions. Page last updated by Frances Garrett on July 5, 2003. News items are now being posted on the Discussion Forum.

September 29, 2003: Big bone disease in Tibet, reported on by the Herald Tribune.
See In rural Tibet, many flee an illness,
A 'disease of poverty strikes Tibet's villages
Stunted by Illness, Tibetan Villagers Ponder Flight

September 20, 3004: A German woman works to develop a school for the blind in Tibet.
A German Voyager's Bold Vision for Tibet's Blind

September 18, 2003: Donations of calcium and vitamin D supplements aimed at preventing rickets in Tibet’s at-risk children.
Vitamin Angel Alliance Aids Rickets Prevention Program for Tibet’s Children

July 5, 2003: No smoking in Bhutan: The Washington Times reports, "The Himalayan kingsdom of Bhutan is well on the way to becoming the first nation on earth to completely ban the use of tobacco, hot on the heels of the recently adopted global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the world's first anti-smoking treaty...."
See You can breathe the air in Bhutan

July 5, 2003: SARS and Tibetan medicine: Numerous articles on SARS and Tibetan medicine were published in newspapers over the last several months. Some have been reproduced on the Tibetan Medicine Discussion Forum. They include the following articles:
SARS epidemic leads to revival of "superstitious" practices
5 questions: Men-tsee-khang, SARS and many more
Tibetan medicines in demand to keep SARS at bay
SARS fears boost sales of traditional Tibetan medicine
Tibet Donates to Beijing in Support of SARS Combat
China to Reopen Tibet to Tourists as SARS Tamed

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