Think about it: Good Health begins with you as an individual. #Hygiene #Vaccinate #Exercise #HealthyEating
Health is Made At home!
Play your part and take responsibility for your own health! Do not wait until it is too late to lead a healthy lifestyle. It begins with YOU!
#Leadership starts with you being in the right state physically, mentally, spiritually. Do you take care of yourself? Do you have a moral anchor? -- @FrancisOmaswa #LeadershipMatters
#Malaria:
Children aged under 5 years are the most vulnerable group affected by malaria; in 2019, they accounted for 67% (274 000) of all malaria deaths worldwide.
Africa carries a higher share of the global burden. In 2019, the region was home to 94% of malaria cases and deaths
The @WHO recommends protection for all people at risk of #malaria with effective malaria vector control. Two forms of vector control – insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor residual spraying – are effective in a wide range of circumstances.
For pregnant women living in moderate-to-high #malaria transmission areas, @WHO recommends at least 3 doses of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine at each antenatal visit after the 1st trimester. Same, for infants during routine vaccinations.
"Africa should join #COVAX not just a beneficiary but as a contributor of the best science and financial resources," ✍️ Prof. @FrancisOmaswa in his @newvisionwire op-ed today
Here is the link to the article by Prof. @FrancisOmaswa on the Global Scramble for COVID-19 vaccines, and what this means for Africa. achest.org/index.php?opti…
We must call upon Africa to mount an effective response now and prepare for the future pandemics by developing internal capacity to develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics within the continent in partnership with the rest of the world.
The project is premised on the principle that good health starts with, and is created by individuals, their families and the communities; and that individuals have the primary responsibility for maintaining their own health. achest.org/index.php?opti…
Village Health teams(VHTs) maintain registers with records of the health status of each individual in the households; and promote and record good health practices, hygiene and health conditions of household members.