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Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness Day

Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness Day

7 - International Days
12th February marks a day of Sexual and Reproductive awareness worldwide. There is immense scope for work among health professionals in this area, particularly taking into account communities that bear the brunt of poor delivery such as transgenders and young adolescents in third world countries. A number of systematic reviews have been made available in PubMed to help you initiate better healthcare policies, and you can access them here. https://tinyurl.com/qmedsm210212
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

7 - International Days
The Female Physician Compensation Report released by Medscape reports a difference of thirty two percent between male and female health professionals, equally equipped and in the same line of work. As in many domains, in healthcare too we observe underrepresentation and gaps in wages on the basis of gender. 11th February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To increase your awareness about such discrepancies and your own workplace rights, check out some PubMed references on this topic - brought to you by QMed
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Sci-hub and ethics

Sci-hub and ethics

1 - VS Shares
Ethics can be ever so confusing! The black and white areas are in writing, or taught to us as we grow, but it is the grey areas that cause an issue. Your child is hungry. You have no money to feed her. You steal food for her. Is that a correct act? Legally, stealing is stealing and is wrong. Ethically we could argue that the intention was to appease a child’s hunger, and the stealing is understandable. You are taking an examination for an important degree after having studied hard. A classmate sitting behind you manages to copy all your…
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