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A woman sits by the water with her head on her knees.

There is more to the story

October 11, 2018
Health
Anorexia. What do you think of when you hear this word? Probably you are thinking of emaciated models. Or you are thinking of these famous pictures and drawings of a woman looking into a mirror, seeing a much curvier silhouette than she really is. You probably think that anorexia is the simple renouncement to food. But do you actually know what anorexia is? What it means to the patients? I have discovered that most people, even doctors have no clue about this topic and there are many misconceptions around it. How can she claim this you might ask yourselves now? The answer: I was anorexic...
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A doctor's stephescope

When doctors become detectives

July 11, 2018
Health
The difficulties communicating with foreign patients There is a short moment of total silence and we all just watch each other. “We” is my “doctor-godfather” (a doctor I am assigned to work with to receive insight into practicing in the medical field), a foreign patient, her interpreter and me (medical student in the second semester). My doctor-godfather, warned me just before our appointment with the patient: “That’s going to take some doing”. Why? Because the patient does not speak or understand German or English and we would therefore be totally dependent on an interpreter. My doctor...
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A laptop and a stephescope.

Health Literacy - Taking Health into our own hands

October 11, 2018
Health
While there is an increasing number of Health Gadgets (e.g. sports watches) available and the Internet is flooded with health information it seems increasingly challenging for people to make decisions in favour of their health. Sources often are lacking scientific and medical quality and are influenced by economic interests. Western societies actively commercialize unhealthy lifestyles. In addition to that people are not supported sufficiently in the decision-making process and navigation in the health system. This does not only have negative effects on the individual but the whole community...
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Opioid Abuse

As America Fights Opioid Abuse, Youth Are Overlooked

November 20, 2019
Health

It’s nearly impossible to watch a newscast without some mention of the opioid crisis in the United States. But even though the use of harmful habit-forming drugs receives significant media coverage, a large group of the population is overlooked: young people. Due to factors such as peer pressure, curiosity and availability, drug use is an increasing problem among youth in America. Unfortunately, despite the growing need for assistance, young people are overlooked when it comes to receiving adequate treatment. Limited access to effective treatment means many young people die without the proper...

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Dany Stolbunov, 20, and his friend, Anya, 19, relax on a hammock in Shevchenko Park

Carry on living and fighting

November 11, 2018
Health
I don’t feel scared talking about my status openly in Ukraine. If you are alone, of course, it is scary, but if you have people around you who support you and understand you, it’s not scary at all. Each person needs acceptance and I am lucky that many people accept me. I was lucky at the early stages of forming my openness about the disease. If I was bullied at school for it, for example, maybe I would have a completely different attitude about my openness now. I was always lucky with the people around me. I am lucky that I live in Kyiv and my group of friends knows and accepts me, but if we...
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Midnight Sky

Polluted by vaping

October 13, 2019
Health

Among today’s novelty-seeking youth, there is another rising fad – vaping. According to a 2017 National Institutes of Drug Abuse, more than one in four high school seniors reported vaping in the previous year. Searching online, you can also effortlessly find many cool-looking guys teaching how to blow out bizarre shapes of smoke rings to stunt your peers. Same as poppies, vaping looks charming and gorgeous, but addictive and toxic in essence. It is not an innocent healthier substitution to real cigarettes as it acclaims. Indeed, the nicotine it contains is no less lethal. What’s more, the most...

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Baby on mother's back

A mother’s determination to ensure her child’s health

December 11, 2019
Health

She holds a white basin firmly in her hands as she approaches the small garden with a determined look in her eye. Chilufya Musonda, a 30-year-old single mother with mounting bills to pay, stops briefly to re-adjust the chitenge wrap that firmly secures the baby girl on her back. Finally in the garden; Musonda gently pulls at a luminously succulent red tomato and places it in her basin. She repeats this action several times, loading her mid-sized basin with vegetables of various shapes, sizes and colours. When she’s done; she heads back home to begin to prepare their meals.

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To prevent COVID19, Children wash their hands with soap at a UNICEF-supported learning centre in Bangladesh

Take action and help fight COVID-19

Health
All around the world, people are taking necessary steps to protect themselves and their families from the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), to support their communities, and prevent the spread of the outbreak. And your help matters. As a volunteer, club member, young advocate, young reporter or concerned citizen we know that you are passionate about making the world a better place for children. Many of you are probably already taking action to prevent the spread of COVID-19! Inspired by the actions of young people across the world we’ve compiled a set of actions that anyone can take to join...
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How Do Negative Words Impact People?

June 16, 2021
Health

Words can have a great impact on people. Whether spoken or via text, it can affect us in both good and bad ways. Words can affect us in a way that we may not realize sometimes and it can emotionally scar us too, even if we do not like admitting it. Believe it or not, even the toughest of people can be hurt by words. They may not show it to you, but it does a lot of hurt to them sometimes, even if they don’t care most times. When we tell something to someone and they react badly, we may think that our words are not a big deal, but they really are. We may think that we were joking or we did not...

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Who am i? When the sun refuses to brighten my days

I hate depression

June 14, 2019
Health

Due to the increase in suicidal rate all over the world, I was inspired to write this. Please note, the following may be triggering. I am tired of life, I hate this life. I am scared that I will wake up one day and feel that I am alive and not alive. Depression is catching up with me. Anxiety is drawing me in. The demons are in control of my life. I am running away from the invisible demons chasing me, but I can't escape them. Depression made me like this. It took me until I hated the rising of the sun because I believed the world would see me for the deceitful person I am. I have lost hope in...

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Smiling is the best remedy to do away with depression.

Mental Health

December 12, 2021
Health

“The mental health is the priceless fuel that energizes the soul, which controls all the elements in the realm of existence and pilots the body systems. Life exists between two resting periods. The sleep resting period and the death. In each phase, the soul loses connection with many elements save for the mental health. The healthier the mental wellbeing, the safer is for the soul; and the lengthy a life becomes.” ~Bamalum Buji Mustapha

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People helping out others, doing exercise and expressing gratitude, surrounding a yogi who is a brain, a heart and body as the Earth.

Our Responsibility For A Healthy Earth

November 11, 2020
Health

How can we maintain mental health and wellbeing post COVID-19? I hope my poem reaches everyone. :) Open your eyes as the Sun rise, "Meditate", whispers the angel on one side, "How??" Angrily on the other side, the Devil cries. Ok. So freshen up and take the easiest yoga pose Yeah, for first timers it's difficult But try and see how fast and away the devil goes! Now there are always some people complaining about "Oh! With so many weird thoughts hovering in Can I ever meditate? I doubt!" For them too I have something to say Keep the pose, yes, the yogi one, And think what good you can do today...

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Illustration about mental health and COVID

How to take care of yourself during stressful times

Health
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has made the world pretty different right now. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or stressed by it all, be assured that this is a normal response. But it does mean that you need to make sure you look after your mental health. Here are some tips to take care of yourself, learn to navigate through tough times at home while you spend more time with family, and become problem solvers to overcome the challenges, big and small, that we all face in our lives.
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Collage of people and the COVID-19 vaccine

5 things you can do to build trust in COVID-19 vaccines

Health
People who are vaccinated protect those who are not. So even if children and young people will be some of the last to receive COVID-19 vaccines, their access to education, health and protection services will continue to be impacted if we don’t take collective measures. When our grandparents, health workers, teachers and other workers who provide essential services for children are vaccinated, they are helping build a better, safer, healthier future for us ALL. Each of us can help build trust on COVID-19 vaccines. These are only some of the ways you can fight misinformation and ensure the safe...
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Active Lifestyles

Let's Talk About Active Lifestyles

Health
Leading an active lifestyle means more than just planned exercise or sports. Being physically active is a great way to take care of our body and mind. If you are interested in leading a healthier lifestyle you can check out our Hi-5 For Health series to connect with other youth, get tips from experts, join the discussion, and participate in challenges! This month let’s talk about healthy lifestyles. You can also download these materials in pdf to review them offline and share it with your friends:
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AZ Youth Leaders

Our Health Matters

Health
We are a group of young advocates, entrepreneurs, and scholars from all over the world who want to inspire actions that build a healthier future for ourselves and our generation. Why? Because we care about our health. We are young people just like you. We study, we work, we spend time with our friends, we take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and our planet. We are hopeful and excited about our futures, but we also worry about our mental well-being, economic stability, the air we breathe, our ability to eat well and be active, social pressures, and stigma. Living a healthy...
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Two girls wearing masks

Humanity in times of coronavirus?

March 17, 2020
Health

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...

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#Iamnotavirus

COVID-19 Fear and Stigma

March 17, 2020
Health

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...

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COVID-19 Africa

Covid-19 and the global economy

March 20, 2020
Health

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...

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Girl washing her hands and playing

Young reporters have a message for you: stay home and fight fake news around coronavirus!

March 20, 2020
Health
People of all ages can be infected by the COVID-19 and should take precautions to protect themselves. Youth have a big role to play in preventing the spread of coronavirus. That is why this group of young reporters from Montenegro have joined the #OstaniDoma (#StayHome) campaign of the health authorities in their country, using short video messages on social networks to call upon citizens to demonstrate socially responsible behaviour and fight misinformation. Want to meet them?

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