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    Men’s Mental Health: Breaking down barriers to create spaces to talk

    2020-09-07T07:57:37+00:00July 17th, 2020|iGLOBAL, iWellness|

    For many, the misguided need to preserve family reputation and status can lead to staying silent about real feelings. Within the Global Indian community for generations men are perceived as the so-called “rock” or “bread-winners” of the family, not an entirely healthy notion of masculinity. Such views result in a kind of cultural stigmatisation surrounding mental health, which can make it difficult for men to speak out about important issues.

      iGlobal Tribute Series 1: The NHS Frontline Warriors from India

      2020-09-07T12:10:29+00:00June 8th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|

      Hailed as the backbone of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), Indian medics and clinicians have a long history of fighting on the country’s healthcare frontlines. The coronavirus pandemic has once again thrust their contribution to the fore, with many of them losing their own battle with life while trying to save others from a deadly virus. NHS Indian history July 1948 marks a historic moment in British history as the day the NHS was created – a pioneering vision [...]

        Schoolboy fundraiser Dhillon Manku on a mission to give back

        2020-09-07T10:01:37+00:00May 27th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|

        Dhillon Manku weighed just 3lb 9oz when he was born prematurely at Kingston Hospital in London in 2013 and discovered the lifesaving care he received in the NeoNatal Unit (NNU) of the hospital when he was a little older. “Can we buy an incubator for other babies that come out of their mom’s tummies too early,” was the four-year-old’s question when his mother Sharn and father Jas explained why his little sister did not need to be a “glass box” [...]