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PRIORITIZING YOUR HEALTH GOALS; CERVICAL SCREENING IS A MUST

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Every year, people hardly make health resolutions and the few health resolutions made usually include losing/gaining weight, joining a gym and changing bad lifestyle practices. One important health resolution every woman should be making is testing and screening exams for all women-related diseases. It’s cervical cancer awareness month and an important test every woman aged …

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THE STATE OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AMONGST ITU & KEREYU PASTORALISTS IN ETHIOPIA

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Access to primary health care amongst (African) countries over the years have been or is widely accepted as germane to revamping health outcomes. The world Healty Organizatio (WHO) in 2008 opined this to mean that when there is access or reach to essenyial health care, ranging from acceptable social methods, services and or technology; health …

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SRHIN VISITS secondary school for Breast Cancer Awareness in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria.

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To commemorate this year’s BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH as always in October, our dynamic team & volunteers Slum and Rural Health Initiative Network – SRHIN in Oyo State, visited the Global School of Science, Iyana Church Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria. BREAST CANCER has been a top-of-the-moment* issue with women all over the world. Some have …

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UK AND CANADA SUPPORT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS WORLDWIDE

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International partnership seeks to foster better post-COVID-19 world for youth by investing in 18 mental health innovations in low-and middle-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health challenges worldwide, yet only about 0.1% of global development assistance for health goes towards youth mental health—that’s just one dollar in every 1,000. In addition, 81% of …

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AVERTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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Written by: BLESSING ABAI SUNDAY. Team: Delta. Using drugs or alcohol in amounts or by route of administration which are harmful to the individual is referred to as Substance abuse. These substances could be our everyday Paracetamol for pain relief, Alcohol, Opioids etc. This abuse may or may not lead to addiction, however, tolerance can …

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How Climate Change Affects the Health of Nigerians -Agbo Emmanuel Terfa Edited by Ezebuiro Lois

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Climate change has become a major challenge worldwide. Human activities have impacted both directly and indirectly on health the effects of climate change in Nigeria are more devastating because of their low coping capability. Evidence shows that climate change impacts in Nigeria arise from climate change related causes, such as a change in temperature, rainfall, …

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ADDRESSING THE GAPS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR DISPLACED PERSONS.

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Exposure to traumatic events such as internal displacement contributes to sustained deleterious effects on individual mental health. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) has nearly tripled from approximately 15 million to 55 million people, making up more than 68% of the worldwide displaced population. These numbers continue to rise with …

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ROLE OF PARENTS IN SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION

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Sexuality is an essential component of healthy development for young people. The World Health Organization and the report from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development emphasize the importance of healthy sexual development to overall mental and physical well-being. Despite the widely recognized importance of sexual health, education to promote it remains a sensitive …

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