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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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,
Discovering that you may have mental health issues can be very challenging. It took me a while to understand my mental health issues. When I was in high school, I knew I felt anxiety but I was always in denial. I always searched up questions about mental health but I always justified my anxiety by
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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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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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“How much worse could life get?”, Kate wondered. To her, people were just ravaging lions waiting for the next available opportunity to ridicule and stigmatize the weak. Unfortunately for her, she had joined the “weak gang” and she could fully understand the pains and the travails of being ridiculed and stigmatized. She had always been
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Ajoke looked at her reflection in the mirror and felt so disappointed…She had been careful for 18 years and just lost her virginity to Paul, a 23 year old University student. He had said to take the baby to the father…had he forgotten that he deflowered her? She imagined the hurt and betrayal her parents
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When it comes to health, nothing beats the fact that prevention is better than cure. Certainly, when it comes to protecting against infections, the skin does a very good job. Taking good care of the skin is important for more than just one’s appearance. As the largest organ you have, your skin is essential to
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Our daily activities are lined with events that consciously or unconsciously affect our mental health. As individuals, we go through events and circumstances that could weigh us down mentally and physically; From having to attend an average of 5 virtual daily meetings, meeting up with deadlines, dealing with an unfriendly boss, getting stuck in traffic
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Flourish was an accounting student at the prestigious University of Lagos, a happy girl who was glad to have gotten admission at just the first trial. Her excitement was evident in all that she did. She was faced with the struggles that came with being in a higher institution, some of which she was nonchalant
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