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The Deadliest Disease
Tinged red blood in colour Running and fleeting in a chase from One To Another. Weak yet sudden Causing choking tears Cracking coughs And stinging foreheads. Women cry as they lunge for the last tissues While others step back as soon as they Spot those Narrow Small eyes. Chinese Chinese. They whisper. And that girl spotted with those Narrow Small Eyes clenches her hand As the eyes of the crowd stalk Her like prey. Strangling Wrenching Shoving Hurting Our hostile friends Our abandoned sisters And I cry. Because Didn't you know? The worst disease of them all Is never the disease itself. It is...
Humanity in times of coronavirus?
Today more than ever we live in uncertain times: countries closing their borders, empty schools and universities, overwhelmed hospitals, people locked in their homes for weeks and the global economy suffering a major blow. We have seen how people left supermarkets empty; buying food, masks, and disinfectants compulsively. We have seen acts of racism and discrimination against certain collectives fearing that they may be infected with coronavirus. We have seen politicians fighting and blaming each other, trying to take advantage of the situation instead of fighting for the common good. We have...
What does good parenting really mean? Part one
Every child has his/her own personality. They have their own abilities and interests and have a right to choose which activities they would like to participate in, we can't decide that on behalf of them. Our role is only to provide them with the required information and opportunities to discover the different paths and the appropriate supervision for them to make their own informed decisions, with no force of any type. Our children are more than their academic achievements and school grades. We should help them to evolve in each aspect of their personality, not only their academic performance...
COVID-19 Fear and Stigma
Coronavirus are an extensive family of viruses, some of wich can cause various human diseases, ranging from common cold to SARS ( Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced the official name: Coronavirus Disease 2019. Abbreviated COVID-19 "Co" corresponds to "Corona", "Vi" to virus, "D" to "Disease" and "19" year in which it was discovered. It is an infectious disease caused by the new strain of Coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans: Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is not Wuhan Virus, Asian Virus or Chinese Virus. It...
2017: The Year of Questions
Covid-19 and the global economy
With rise to the COVID-19 cases in Africa that took place mainly in March 2020, specifically that of South Africa, which currently has the highest cases in Africa and not to forget where already, the economy is at its possible worst. What will the outcome be? How will we solve this? Surely this pandemic is affecting all nations of the world, but many were already worried that if it were to "arrive" in Africa it would be at its worst because African countries do not have the right healthcare facilities and infrastructure to tackle this. When the economy is already bad, what more to the future...
Young reporters have a message for you: stay home and fight fake news around coronavirus!
Is the coronavirus the end of globalization?
In the last few months the world has faced one of the most dangerous diseases it has ever known, COVID-19. It first showed up in November 2019 in Wuhan in China, then rapidly spread across the world. The tremendous spread of the coronavirus, over a short period and in many regions, caused some people to wonder about the future of globalization, and how globalization makes our health more vulnerable. Coronavirus has also revealed the vulnerability of economies under globalization, as domestic markets of all nations have begun to experience a Domino effect. The crisis also revealed the failing...
Same Human Rights to Children!
There is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNCRC, to protect children's human rights. The Convention, which consists of 54 provisions, covers the actual rights of children in articles 1 to 40 and broadly defines all rights of children under the age of 18. A country that has promised to abide by the agreement is obliged to protect children's rights. ■ Right to Survival : The right to a proper standard of living, to live in a safe dwelling, to get enough nutrition and to get basic health care, etc. ■ Right to Protection : The right to be protected from harm to children...
Coronavirus and racism: colors don't matter
Races are distinguished by differences in the biological characteristics of skeletons, skin and hair that appear in the process of adapting to the natural environment. However, the discriminatory nuances felt in the word "racial" cannot be denied. That is because Western society has spread white supremacy to justify its colonial system. These ideas have left numerous Roma, African-American, Native American and Australian Aborigine people dead, including Hitler's Holocaust against Jewish people. Extreme racism was already tarnished long ago, but conflicts from cultural differences have recently...
Can someone bring lunch for the throat in room 12?
The Mind-Body Connection: How Stress Affects Your Physical Health
For far too long, Western cultures have thought of the mind and body as separate entities. But anyone who’s spent even one day walking around in human skin, living a human life, knows that the mind and the body share an intimate connection. Want proof? Think about how your pulse races when you see someone you love. Remember how your stomach churns when you’re getting ready to deliver a speech. Consider the cottonmouth and sweaty palms before a big test. If your emotions don’t have an effect on your body, then you must be a cyborg. But if you’re a fully flesh and blood human like the rest of us...
A Well-Informed Adolescent Initiative
A Well-Informed Adolescent Initiative (AWA Initiative), formerly known as Adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights Initiative, held its 4th edition of A Well-Informed Adolescent Campaign from February to March 2020. This edition was special because it was an inclusive edition. We visited Government Secondary School for Special Needs Ibom Layout Calabar Cross River Nigeria. AWA Initiative is a youth focus organization that provides adequate comprehensive sexuality education and integrated sexual reproductive health services to young people. We achieve this through multi-sectorial programs that...
Discrimination and how it hinders development
Many advancements have been made in the 21st century. Arguably, the most revolutionary one of these inventions is the internet—the internet revolutionized the way we go about our businesses and also opened up a portal for people all over the world to connect from right where they are. The internet has done many wonderful things, one of them being shining a light on what is arguably the biggest issue that faces the human race – discrimination. Discrimination is the “treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favour of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or...
Vaping: A Youth Epidemic
Electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, e-cigs, vapes, JUULs—no matter what you call them, these devices are popping up everywhere, and their explosion in popularity has created a huge public health threat for teens and young adults. A modern update to traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes deliver a heated liquid, often containing nicotine, in the form of a vapor that the user then inhales. With major companies like JUUL offering youth-friendly vapor flavors (such as fruit, candy, soda, pastry, and mint) and creating sleek, discrete devices that boast a trendy look, it’s not surprising that these...
How to talk about mental health when the topic is considered a taboo
Human dignity and freedom in a multi-cultural, multi-religious world
The current world population stands at approximately seven billion and a half billion, with more than 5000 different ethnic groups and 4200 different religions. Suffice it to say that human population is very diverse. Some call it a "melting pot", others a "cultural mosaic", "salad bowl", and even "kaleidoscope". However, many people fight over their differences in culture and religion instead of celebrating these differences, and culture and religion are often used in nefarious ways to drive forward white supremacy, sexism/misogyny, and terrorism, amongst others. Historically, in most...
Living with an invisible illness: PCOS awareness
Puberty. For me, that was when things took a very wrong turn. Not that things had ever been right, but they became worse when puberty hit. At first, I didn't think that anything was wrong. After all, puberty affects different folks differently. And when I did notice that something was wrong, doctors waved me off because acne, weight gain, bodily hair and irregular periods (they do take a while to become regular) are classic signs of puberty. When I was around 16, I went to sleep one day and woke up the next with an almost bald patch at the back of my head. My hair was thinning, and my hairline...