Islam with the internet could do much to prevent disease

doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7314.694

BMJ 2001;323:694 ( 22 September )

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Islam with the internet could do much to prevent disease

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EDITOR $---$ Modern public health has paid little attention to prevention tailored towards Muslims even though the Islamic populationnow numbers over 1 billion. Religion is a major component of thesocial life of many communities throughout the world, but in diseaseprevention we often use the concept of "one size fits all," withlittle recognition of religion or culture. Religion's positiveinfluences can be incorporated into a strategy for health promotionand disease prevention by using recent developments in informationtechnology.¹

Our goal is to provide access to scientifically sound and culturally acceptable information on health promotion and diseaseprevention to all who need it, using the information superhighway.This resource will have a major role in the accumulation and disseminationof information to those who need it the most.²

Islam as a religion puts a considerable emphasis on health, and a wealth of scientifically sound information on differenthealth . . . [Full text of this article]

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