Many Rivers to Cross

(published by Sugar Media/NHS)

Many Rivers to Cross documents for the first time the contribution made by people from the Caribbean to the NHS from 1948. Using personal testaments and archive material, this book tells the story of the Caribbean men and women who helped build and support the NHS.

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Kelly in Kenya

R&B singer, former-Destiny’s Child singer, Kelly Rowland, is the current ambassador to MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation. Staying Alive is a campaign dedicated to empowering young people to protect themselves and their communities against HIV and AIDS. Last month Kelly toured Africa, visiting projects in Tanzania and Kenya. She took an HIV test in Kenya with the aim of helping to reduce the social stigma surrounding getting tested and inspire young people to do the same. BHM talked to Kelly Rowland about her work with the Foundation and the “life-changing” events which she experienced in Africa.

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Sad Days and Glad Days

Dr Nola Ishmael OBE recalls her days working as a trainee nurse, during the formative years of the NHS and heralds the launch of Many Rivers to Cross......

My journey to become a nurse started when one of my school friends Carmeta Catlin, wrote to me in Barbados and told me what a wonderful time she was having in England. She was at a hospital in Lancashire and her letters were vivid and my imagination was beyond control.

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Jeans for Genes

Sickle cell awareness set to reach new heights as the Sickle Cell Society collaborates with Jeans for Genes in their ‘Denimisation’ of the Nation

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Sickle cell: do you know your genetic history?

One of the most commonly inherited diseases in England, around 240,000 people carry the sickle cell gene and 12,500 people actually live with the disease. Sickle cell and the related disease thalassaemia are inherited so can affect anyone. However they are particularly common among black and minority ethnic groups.

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Many Rivers to Cross

In 1945 World War Two finally ended. In Britain, a Labour government came to power, with a programme of radical social reforms that would create a welfare state for postwar Britain. Central to these reforms was the National Health Service (NHS) – the world’s first comprehensive health service, which provided health care free for every British citizen, according to need rather than means.

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To Read Many Rivers to Cross in full visit: www.manyriverstocross.co.uk