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World Health Organization/PAHO

Energizing Minds and Bodies: The Introduction of the Creative Play Initiative at Two Primary Schools in Barbados

Barbados

16 Jan 2024

Bridgetown, Barbados, 16 January 2024 (PAHO) – A Global School Health Survey conducted in Barbados in 2011 revealed that over 30% of school children aged 9-11 and 13-15 years old are either overweight or obese. Now, in an age where childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles pose significant challenges to the well-being of our youth, the need for innovative approaches to encourage physical activi...

16 Jan 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific

In Viet Nam, low-cost water safety actions help reduce child drowning deaths

Viet Nam

21 Dec 2023

Every drowning is preventable. Globally, however, hundreds of thousands of people lose their lives by drowning every year. In 2019, one in three of the world’s drowning deaths occurred in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Region. Twenty per cent of these deaths were children under the age of 15. In Viet Nam, about 2,000 children drown every year.&nbsp; For Mai Van Chuyen...

21 Dec 2023

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WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific

Improving care and prevention of diabetes in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

20 Dec 2023

In the Solomon Islands, diabetes affects 1 in 7 people. When Mrs Siloute, who lives in the country’s Western Province, was diagnosed with diabetes, she was afraid. “My life was forever changed,” she says. “I saw many diabetics have their feet cut off, and I was afraid I would have my foot cut off too. Her fears intensified when a sore grew to cover her whole foot.&nbsp; The risk of ampu...

20 Dec 2023

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World Health Organization

Mira’s story: trust in your health-care provider can go a long way in transforming diabetes care

Kyrgyzstan

06 Dec 2023

Mira, a tenacious and energetic 67-year-old woman from Alamedin district near Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, has been living with diabetes since 1985. Her story is one of resilience and community, and conviction that living a healthy life is possible.&nbsp; As an active member of a local support group, she is a passionate advocate for the effectiveness of these groups in helping people manage their con...

06 Dec 2023

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World Health Organization/PAHO

Mental health in times of crisis: PAHO's humanitarian response in Port-au-Prince's IDP camps

Haiti

05 Dec 2023

In the face of increasing internal displacement and the threat of cholera, the impact on the mental health of displaced individuals has become a major issue in PAHO/WHO's humanitarian response in Haiti. Last September, a rapid assessment of mental health needs was carried out by the MSPP team with the support of PAHO, enabling the appropriate adaptation of mental health responses for the affected...

05 Dec 2023

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World Health Organization/PAHO

PAHO Suriname Gears Up in the Fight Against Cervical Cancer with HPV Vaccine Training

Suriname

29 Nov 2023

In a significant step towards combating cervical cancer, PAHO Suriname and the National Immunization Program hosted a two-day Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine training on November 23rd and 24th, 2023, at the Conference Room of Hotel Jacana. Cervical cancer, ranking as the fourth most common cancer among women globally, has become a critical public health concern in Suriname, with an estimated an...

29 Nov 2023

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World Health Organization

Managing diabetes while fleeing from war – Artur’s story

Ukraine

28 Nov 2023

14-year-old Artur’s life has been marked by 2 significant events – the escalation of the war in Ukraine and his diabetes diagnosis at the age of 8. Like any teenager, Artur is keen to fit in with his peers, and despite the warm weather when we meet, he chooses to wear a long-sleeved black t-shirt that conceals the continuous glucose monitoring device which helps to regulate his condition....

28 Nov 2023

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World Health Organization

Living with diabetes – Alexandra’s story

Portugal

27 Nov 2023

“It’s important to me that diabetes doesn’t interrupt my life” - Alexandra Alexandra helps people in Lisbon, Portugal, with how to deal with their diabetes through a peer support group. “I help people with diabetes to accept the disease and control and manage it. It’s really rewarding. I feel happy when I have success organizing activities for people with diabetes. When I fee...

27 Nov 2023

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World Health Organization

Scaling up mental health and psychosocial services for Armenian refugees

Armenia

23 Nov 2023

The journey to Armenia from Karabakh put over 100 000 refugees through a gruelling ordeal, leaving many in urgent need of mental health support. A WHO team spoke to refugees who had recently arrived at a temporary shelter. Their individual voices tell a shared story: “We will never forget that terrible journey to Armenia. This experience will stay with me forever and is repeated in my dreams...

23 Nov 2023

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NCD Alliance

NCD voices inform India’s programme for NCD prevention and control

India

22 Nov 2023

In this feature, the Healthy India Alliance (HIA) shares the importance of meaningful involvement in tackling noncommunicable diseases in India’s NCD&nbsp;plan. In India, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for approximately 64% of all deaths, adversely affecting not only people’s health, but also the financial stability of households due to increased out-of-pocket expenses for treatmen...

22 Nov 2023

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World Diabetes Foundation

Kenya launches large-scale NCD programme on World Diabetes Day

Kenya

14 Nov 2023

Partners in Kenya celebrate World Diabetes Day by scaling up the national NCD response with the largest grant ever provided by WDF, getting closer to achieving universal health coverage. This World Diabetes Day, WDF highlights how patience, resilience and partnership can unify decades-long efforts into strong and sustainable national responses to NCDs. &nbsp; On 14 November, the Minist...

14 Nov 2023

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NCD Alliance

People living with NCDs are front and centre of the NCD response in the Philippines

Philippines

07 Nov 2023

Human rights and social justice, NCD care, prevention and meaningful involvement dominated the discussions in the Philippines this October, as the four key pillars of the country’s recently launched National Advocacy Agenda of People Living with&nbsp;NCDs.&nbsp; Drawing from the experience of building the global Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs in 2017, which unites the voices of al...

07 Nov 2023

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