To coincide with World TB Day, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (the Union) has released the results of a study that shows tobacco smoking doubles the risk of tuberculosis (TB) recurring. The Union states that the Study is the most robust ever conducted into how smoking tobacco increases the risk of recurrent TB. The Study involved a large sample of 5,567 patients who had successfully completed TB treatment.
Much has been written on the plight of the asylum seekers on Manus Island but as dire as their plight is, there are other casualties of Australia’s callous politically motivated policy: the people of Manus Island. By PNG Echo To establish an Asylum Seeker Detention Centre with less than humane conditions on an island in a country with such profound problems that media commentators have referred to it, variably, as a ‘hell hole’ or a ‘failed state’…well, what was the Australian government thinking? (Oh yes, the polls.)