Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Awareness

I am excited to be part of the Evidence to Policy Action led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity to Ignite Change.  I am grateful to my preceptor and mentor, Michele Decker, for this opportunity to connect with like-minded policy makers devoted to preventing and ending violence against women and girls.  Together, we can make a difference! Interactive Session with policy makers from the UN Women, US Department of Justice, White House Gender Policy Council and Non-governmental agencies

What is cervical cancer? Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that affects the cervix, this is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that connects to the vagina. This is due to the unlimited growth of cells around the cervix [1, 2]. If left untreated, these abnormal cells can spread beyond the cervix to other parts of the body, making early detection crucial [2].  What causes cervical Cancer? The most common risk factor for cervical cancer is infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus transmitted through sexual contact, which is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer [1, 3]. While most HPV infections clear on their own, certain high-risk strains can, over time, trigger cancerous changes in cervical cells [3]. Other risk factors for cervical cancer include age, with women over the age of 30 being at higher risk, as well as lifestyle factors such as age at first coitus, unprotected sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners, use of some birth control pills, and s...

  𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 ☎️ WHAT ASPECTS OF MY HEALTH SHOULD I FOCUS ON IN THE MONTH OF JUNE? 🄼🄾🄽🅃🄷 Sickle Cell Awareness Month Blood Donor Awareness Month Stroke Awareness Month 🅆🄴🄴🄺 World Heart Rhythm Awareness Week (5th June - 11th June) Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (24th June - 30th June) 🄳🄰🅈  4th:  National Cancer Survivors Day  5th:  World Environmental Day  8th:  World Brain Tumour Day 14th: World Blood Donor Day 18th: Austin PrideDay 19th: World Sickle Cell Day 25th: World Vitiligo Day 26th: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking  Can't find a popular health awareness day, week or month in June, kindly indicate it in the comment section. About The Health Awareness Call ☎️ There is no doubt that people often don't pay enough attention to their health, healthcare professionals inclusive.  Because of this, means to make health awareness easy birthed this campaign: ...

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗬𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟷𝟼𝚃𝙷 𝙼𝙰𝚈 🅃🄷🄴🄼🄴: 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗜𝘁, 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 Hypertension is a silent killer. High blood pressure, often known as hypertension, is a medical condition that typically has no symptoms. Older age, being overweight or obese, not exercising regularly, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, smoking, eating unhealthy foods, and eating too much salt are all risk factors for hypertension. Millions of people die from heart and blood vessel diseases, with hypertension being the leading risk factor. To educate the general people about the serious medical repercussions of uncontrolled hypertension on the brain, heart, kidneys, eyes, and blood vessels, as well as the significance of routine blood pressure checks, we raise awareness of this disease today. It can result in cardiac attacks, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and blindness if left untreated....

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗬𝗔𝗟𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗬𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦 / 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘 (𝗠𝗘/𝗖𝗙𝗦) 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟷𝟸𝚃𝙷 𝙼𝙰𝚈 🅃🄷🄴🄼🄴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 A person with M.E./C.F.S. has particularly high levels of weariness after very little activity. This exhaustion is not alleviated by sleep and persists even after minimal physical, mental, or emotional activity that the person could easily perform prior to the illness. This illness reduces productivity and impacts a person's quality of life significantly. We'll concentrate on post-activity tiredness, a symptom that every M.E. patient suffers. When someone hears about M.E., we want this crucial element of the condition to be the first thing they think of. The campaign's goals are to raise public awareness of the diseases, inform people of their symptoms, and promote more funding for resear...