Sports & health go hand in hand.

Move.
Your.
Body.

It doesn’t matter how you move. How fit you are. When it comes to your health and wellbeing, every move counts! 👉bit.ly/3PbmASI #Sport4Health #BeActive Image
Nutrition 🥗🍍🥕🍅 is essential for health and well-being at every stage of life.

Eating a healthy diet allows you to enjoy sports and helps prevent a range of diseases. Right nutrition fights malnutrition in all its forms. 👉bit.ly/3PbmASI #Sport4Health Image
Here are 3 basic measures you can follow while attending a mass gathering like a sporting event:

✅ Maintain at least 1 metre distance from others
✅ Clean your 🤲 frequently
✅ Avoid touching 👀, 👃 & 👄 and cover a sneeze/cough

👉bit.ly/3PbmASI #Sport4Health Image
If you are feeling unwell🤒, you should avoid attending any mass gathering or sporting event and stay at home.

👉bit.ly/3PbmASI #Sport4Health Image
#DYK? Alcohol producers are increasing their sales & targeting consumers through

❗️sponsorship of sporting/E-sports/gaming events
❗️partnership with sports leagues & clubs

WHO is working to address this👉bit.ly/3PbmASI
#Sport4Health Image
Smoking is a bad idea.

Kick out tobacco from all sports. This helps everyone - fans and players. Let’s commit to a healthier environment.

👉bit.ly/3PbmASI #Sport4Health Image
Regular physical activity in the morning or afternoon, even for short periods, boosts your #MentalHealth.

MOVE YOUR BODY.

👉bit.ly/3PbmASI #SportsHealth Image

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Today is International #YouthDay

Healthy behaviours that start in adolescence make healthy adults:
-#BeActive
-Healthy diet
-#NoTobacco nor alcohol use Image
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death & disability among adolescents (10-19 years)

In 2019, nearly 100,000 adolescents died because of road traffic accidents.

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Make time to play with your child and engage them in your daily chores.
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Holding & playing.
Frequent eye contact.
Talking & singing.

The first years of life are among the most important for a child’s development.
WHO guidelines to help children learn, be happy & thrive from these precious first moments
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Optimizing #BrainHealth 🧠

▶️reduces the burden of neurological disorders
▶️improves mental + physical health
▶️creates positive social & economic impacts

contributing to greater well-being, advancing society. 👉bit.ly/3dehrMz
Many determinants can impact #BrainHealth, leading to lifelong adaptation of brain structure & functioning.

➡️physical health,
➡️healthy environments,
➡️safety and security,
➡️learning and social connection &
➡️access to quality services.

📹 Watch Veronique’s experience with Encephalitis.

She says brain injuries can affect people's mental health. And this needs to be considered when talking about #BrainHealth.

👉bit.ly/3zHKxeW
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WHO, @UNAIDS, @UNICEF and partners bring together a 🆕 alliance to end AIDS in children by 2030. Only 52% of children living with #HIV are on life-saving treatment. This is far behind adults, nearly 76% receive antiretrovirals.

👉bit.ly/3vz8XG2 📸UNICEF/Schermbrucker
The 🆕 global alliance aims to ensure that no child living with #HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. It also aims to prevent new infant HIV infections. 👉bit.ly/3vz8XG2
The 🆕 Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 has identified 4⃣ pillars for collective action.

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#WorldBreastfeedingWeek starts today!

If everyone strives to step up for #breastfeeding, it will become much easier!

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1⃣ Your body is ready to 🤱🏻 from the moment your 👶 is born
2⃣ 🤱🏻 lowers stress & anxiety
3⃣ 🤱🏻 sets up a 👶’s immune system for life
4⃣ 🤱🏻 fights infections
5⃣ The more you 🤱🏻 in the early days, the faster your body makes milk Image
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Here’s how we can ALL step up for #breastfeeding mothers anytime, anywhere.

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