by YQA | Jul 9, 2021 | Health & Wellness
The past week, our little paradise has been shaken by the vehement dismay for people living with disabilities. The plights of people with disabilities are not different from LGBTQIA+ people. The more so, LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities in Mauritius live through a...
by YQA | Jun 26, 2021 | Health & Wellness
In the context of Pride Month 2021, a “Groupe De Parole” was organised by the Young Queer Alliance on Saturday, 26 June 2021. The YQA welcomed a group of young LGBT people who shared their life experiences in a post-lockdown situation. Noteworthy to point out that the...
by YQA | Jun 19, 2021 | Health & Wellness
“Mental health is not a luxury but a necessity”, we have all heard this sentence at least once in our lives, but have we really had and in-depth thought about it? For a broken arm we rush to the emergencies and yet, when faced with mental health challenges, one is...
by YQA | Oct 24, 2020 | Health & Wellness
On 24 October 2020, the Young Queer Alliance (YQA) in collaboration with the National AIDS Secretariat (NAS) organised a training session on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP is a pill which, when taken as per the right prescription, prevents HIV infection. PrEP...
by YQA | Mar 26, 2020 | Health & Wellness
From the first reported case of COVID-19 in China last year in December, it has been almost a week since the first cases were detected in Mauritius. Caught between the unpreparedness of authorities despite the true alarms and red flags being issued by private health...
by YQA | Feb 23, 2020 | Health & Wellness
Public health practices and policies in Mauritius are much heteronormative having for effect excluding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) people in various health programming. One of these policies concerns the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination;...