Since July 2006, Health and Social Campaigners' Network International has produced a monthly HSCNews Bulletin. Each Bulletin provides overview details about the latest activities of carer, disability, patient and other health advocacy groups, in particular: information about health campaigners' new appointments, campaigns, events, funding, publications, research, and websites. The items in every Bulletin cover a one-month period, and are selected on the basis that they should be of interest to health campaigners worldwide. The Bulletins are currently circulated to 4,000 health campaigning groups worldwide.


The 2006 Bulletins are listed below as samples.

December 2006 HSCNews Bulletin, number 6
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key words
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; anxiety; bowel cancer; carer; children; colorectal cancer; depression; diabetes; dietary supplements; disability; endometriosis; european commission; global health; hiv/aids; human rights; long-yerm conditions; medical records; mental health; motor neuron disease; neurodegenerative; nhs redress act; non-prescription drugs; nutrition; obesity; orphan drugs; ovarian cancer; patient safety; philanthropy; physical movement; rare disease; psychotherapy; teenscreen; united nations; unused drugs.

countries and regions
australia; bangladesh; belgium; brazil; canada; chile; denmark; europe; finland; france; germany; global; india; ireland; netherlands; new zealand; norway; poland; portugal; spain; uk; usa.

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November 2006 HSCNews Bulletin, number 5
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key words
advertisements; alzheimer; anticoagulation; breast cancer; carer; children; chronic disease; cystic fibrosis; dementia; diabetes; disability; drug regulator; food and drug administration; genetic; hiv/aids; junk food; lung; malnutrition; mainstreaming disability; media; mrsa; organ shortage; mental health; medical negligence; migraine; millennium development goals; multiple sclerosis; myalgic encephalomyelitis; obesity; osteoporosis; ovarian cancer; national electronic database; pharmac; primary immunodeficiencies; reimbursement of anti-dementia drugs; scleroderma; tobacco; tuberculosis; united nations; women.

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October 2006 HSCNews Bulletin, number 4
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key words
access; advertising; aids; allergy; anxiety; alzheimer’s; arthritis; asthma; attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome; bone; brain tumours; breast cancer; cancer; clinical trials; consumer; counterfeit medicines; depression; diabetes; disability; endocrine disorders; fear of flying; genetic; global health; health diplomacy; health information; hiv; immunoglobulin; information on medicines; mental health; men’s health; obesity; panic; pharmaceutical; prader-willi syndrome; primary immunodeficiencies; ineffective drugs; rare disorders; self-management programmes; schizophrenia; smoking; suicide; tissue bank; value for money; von hippel-lindau; world health organization; young people.

countries and regions
australia; belgium; brazil; canada; england; europe; france; germany; hungary; italy; international; ireland; netherlands; new zealand; romania; south africa; spain; sweden; switzerland; uganda; uk; us.

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September 2006 HSCNews Bulletin, number 3
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key words
age / ageing; aids; als; alzheimer's / alzheimer; arthritis; autoimmune; birth defects; cancer; carers; cervical cancer; children; complimentary alternative medicine; community care; cystic fibrosis; deaf; dementia; diabetes; disabled / disability; healthcare; heart; hiv/aids; hospice; human papilloma virus; human rights; information; intellectual disability; longevity; mental health; mental illness; multiple sclerosis, ovarian cancer; pain; palliative-care; people involved in clinical research; psoriasis; trigeminal neuralgia; vasculitis; world health organization.

countries and regions
argentina; australia; canada; england; europe; germany; hungary; international; ireland; latvia; luxembourg; new zealand; romania; uk; usa; wales.

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August 2006 HSCNews Bulletin, number 2
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key words
aids; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; arthritis; antenatal; asthma; brain cancer; carcinoid cancer; cancer; carer; children; chromosome 14; communicate with patients; community care; complaints; complementary therapies; continence; culturally diverse; diabetes; disability; depression; drug user; dying; epilepsy; healthcare; heart; hurricane katrina; hypertension; immunisation; intensivecare; kidney failure; mental health; multiple sclerosis; obesity; organ donation; pain; partnerships ; patient safety; patient priorities; pharma funding; pregnancy; rarer cancers; rare diseases; prader-willi syndrome ; psa; schizophrenia; screening; stem cell; transparency; world health organization; world trade organization; youth.

countries and regions
australia; belgium; canada; denmark; europe; france; international; italy; ireland; netherlands; norway; new zealand; portugal; scotland; spain; switzerland; turkey; uk; usa; world.

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July 2006 HSCNews Bulletin, number 1
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key words
access; advertising; aids; allergy; anxiety; alzheimer's; arthritis; asthma; attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome; bone; brain tumours; breast cancer; cancer; clinical trials; consumer; counterfeit medicines; depression; diabetes; disability; endocrine disorders; fear of flying; genetic; global health; health diplomacy; health information; hiv; immunoglobulin; information on medicines; mental health; men's health; obesity; panic; pharmaceutical; prader-willi syndrome; primary immunodeficiencies; ineffective drugs; rare disorders; self-management programmes; schizophrenia; smoking; suicide; tissue bank; value for money; von hippel-lindau; world health organization; young people.

countries and regions
australia; belgium; brazil; canada; england; europe; france; germany; hungary; italy; international; ireland; netherlands; new zealand; romania; south africa; spain; sweden; switzerland; uganda; uk; us.