in Brunei. Health‚ a fortune I wish upon every woman or man I see for without it she or he will not be able to explore the seas. Although the ideal concept would be for everyone to live a healthy lifestyle‚ the world is evident that this is difficult to achieve. The leading causes of worldwide deaths are diseases which I believe can be prevented (Grifantini‚ 2010). Simply‚ health is a necessary commodity to carry out everyday tasks‚ and if one would like to carry out a task well‚ one needs to have
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are reported and felt here in the Philippines and in other parts of the world‚ one of which is Health Problem or Malnutrition. Today‚ we are experiencing malnutrition. Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking‚ in excess‚ or in the wrong proportion the World Health Organization cities malnutrition as the greatest single threat to the world’s public health. Testing and studies show that cassava and potato have an ability to become
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Fruit and vegetable consumption among young adults The World Health Organisation is predicting that chronic disease will account for over sixty per cent of deaths; with 41 million deaths by 2015.1 Up to 80% chronic disease could be prevented by eliminating tobacco use‚ unhealthy diet‚ physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol.2 Chronic disease and obesity in Australia are continuing to contribute to premature death and burden of disease.3 Cardiovascular disease and cancer remain the main
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organizations formed to help those affected by the disease in some way. The first organization‚ Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) was started in New York City in 1982. The organization worked to end the AIDS epidemic by addressing issues of discrimination‚ bankruptcy‚ housing etc. The team also worked as a support system through services obtainable for HIV-positive victims as well as their loved ones. The services connect those infected with others‚ who were facing the same disease and provided support
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Persistent Pests In the 1960s‚ the World Health Organization (WHO) began a campaign to eradicate the mosquitos that transmit the disease malaria. Before that an organization in Southern Africa had produced a poison to kill these mosquitoes but it wasn’t completely successful. The produced poisons by the WHO kills most members of the insects population leaving only the resistant individuals to reproduce with new genes that somehow enable them to resist the chemical attack. The problems such insects
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adds “You’re using your body weight to move from posture to posture and in certain poses you are lifting every pound of your body” and in this way it helps in gaining strength through yoga. In addition to this‚ it also improves the cardio vascular health. According to Harvard medical school‚ yoga helps in keeping the heart fit by its special breathing
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Active healthy living: According to the most recently available world health organization statistics‚ worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. So obesity is a serious‚ complex problem. Addressing obesity is key to building strong‚ healthy and sustainable communities. The impact of obesity on t health of the consumers directly impacts the health of their business. Because as the world becomes more concerned about the public health consequences of obesity‚ suger-sweetned beverages have been
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SUMMARY Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje is a World Bank-trained monitoring and evaluation/evidencegeneration consultant and health economist‚ resource person/facilitator and trainer/capacitybuilder‚ professional manager‚ health and community systems strengthening consultant‚ primary care practitioner‚ researcher/reviewer‚ programs/projects manager‚ negotiator/advocate‚ community leader‚ volunteer‚ blogger and author/writer/columnist. His areas of focus are Primary Health Care (PHC)‚ HIV/AIDS/TB‚ Vaccines/Immunizations
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in Salt Lake County. We have confirmed 12 cases of measles this month‚ 3 of them in adults and 9 of them in children. We have urged the public to receive prompt immunization against this contagious virus. In response to the health alert issued by the Utah Department of Health‚ I am here to talk a bit about the outbreak to give it some context. There is evidence that measles has been with humanity for a long time. The history of measles dates back to the 9th century when an Arab physician distinguished
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According to a recent estimation by the World Health Organization or “WHO”‚ it was found that there are about 1.1 billion smokers in the world today. This number is steadily increasing and it is expected to rise to about 1.64 billion by the year 2025. The W.H.O. estimated some four million deaths each year that are caused by tobacco use. It is expected that if smoking were not reduced‚ then there would be about ten million people dead per year by 2030. If the current smoking trends continue‚ tobacco
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