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Menstruation is a healthy and normal, albeit somewhat inconvenient, aspect of womanhood. Though an integral part of life, the ins and outs of it are not commonly taught to not only girls stepping into adolescence, but women in general. Likewise, good menstrual practices too are not prevalently shared among women. The lack of healthy menstrual …
Do you know 1 Billion people live with a mental disorder in this world ? The world is increasing its understanding of the importance of mental health, with growing awareness and acceptance of mental disorders. As society develops and medical science progresses, there has been a greater need exists to address mental health as a …
For a considerably long while now, you have been debating on the idea of a journal, of writing down your feelings deep down, or the conversations you pretend to have with someone you love. However, you could never do so, because the thought of putting everything down on paper, where someone passing might accidentally pick …
AAZAADEE,the freedom, in my opinion is something that we are bound to accomplish, both physically and mentally. Everyone has problems, be it physical or mental but the world mostly recognizes physical affliction more than mental torment, but the truth is, injuries in our hearts are more painful than the ones we get on our skin …
General Anxiety Disorder : A today emptied of strength There is an unfair bias in our society pertaining towards mental illnesses. In general, you’d probably never hear anyone call out a person for having a broken leg or tease someone with a hearing impairment. We support those who go through physical therapy and rushing to …
“Meeting the hygiene needs of all adolescent girls is a fundamental issue of human rights, dignity, and public health”-Sanjay Wijesekera, former UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene- ‘Menstruation’ is a taboo topic which is rarely ever discussed publicly and freely and categorized by cultural stigma and shame across the globe. Menstruation, or period is …
Menstruation being a part of life for around 1.9 billion girls and women, menstrual products are amongst the most vital personal care products in the world. During menstruation, menstrual management products are used for feminine hygiene. Were you aware that an individual utilizes approximately 11,000 disposable sanitary pads in a lifetime? Even though we see …
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New Zealand’s successful management of the pandemic despite an under-resourced healthcare system confers valuable policy lessons for other countries too. Foremost among these is evidence that, particularly for small island countries with limited healthcare capacity, rapid and extensive border closures can be highly efficacious in stemming imported cases of COVID-19 and reducing overall caseload. Island …
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Covid-19, initially a health crisis has easily and increasingly become a looming socio-economic crisis across the globe. In such context, Sri Lanka too has been facing immense difficulties, especially in today’s unprecedented circumstances where the public has been forced to step out in the streets demanding basic needs. The Sri Lankan government, under the Quarantine …
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The Brazilians, the largest nation in Latin America have been greatly affected by the corona virus. Although Brazil has taken various measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus, the government intervention has been rather week. Neither one of the four ministers holding power in the Brazilian Ministry of Health since the Covid-19 outbreak …
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With the first case reported from the Wuhan area of China in December 2019, the world was gripped by the fears of a virus known Covid-19 or corona. New Zealand is currently one of the first countries in the world to have successfully controlled the corona virus. The first Covid infection case was reported in …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most compelling and challenging wicked problems which pushed all the governments nearly equally to the verge of a cliff. It has presented an almost unprecedented challenge to public healthcare system around the world.After the first confirmed patient reported in Wuhan, China in the end of 2019, the …
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