ESSENTIALS OF LIVING HEALTHY || UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (WORLD HEALTH DAY 2019)

Health is a human right. On this day in 1948, the first World Health Assembly was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Since then the World Health Assembly decided to celebrate 7th April of each year with effect from 1950 as the World Health Day.

The third sustainable development goal is Good Health and Well-Being. You can't enjoy wealth if you are not in good health

My focus in this article will be on health literacy and helping people make their own healthy choices based on knowledge.

Everyone has a role to play in Health for all. The theme for this year's celebration is Universal Health Coverage. Universal health means that all people have access, without any kind of discrimination, to comprehensive quality services, wherever they need them, without facing financial difficulties. It requires the definition and implementation of policies and actions with a multisectoral approach to address the social determinants of health and promote the commitment of the whole society with health and well being. Take care of your health and the health of your family.

The World Health Day is held to mark WHO's founding and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.

During one of my numerous travels, inside a bus filled with over twenty passengers, there was a mobile doctor. He spent more than an hour talking about the implications of our daily intake which he stated clearly is filled with sugar, genetically modified, highly processed, pesticide-ridden food and how it is responsible for our epidemics of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer.  A lot of people still do not see the link between diet and health. As absurd as it might sound, this man was contributing his own quota to the society. He enlightened the passengers about their health even if at the end he had some herbal drugs to sell. I was really impressed with his move because according to him he does that once or twice each week for four hours before he returns back to his clinic.

"Health is not just being disease-free. Health is when every cell in your body is bouncing with life".- Sadhguru

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body is the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

Exercise daily and lower the risk of any complications in the future. Live a happy and healthy life

Here are a few of my answers to the initiatives and interventions that can help to improve access to quality services and financial protection for people and communities that I found on the World Health Organisation website

1. More awareness about primary health care and how it can cover the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their life including prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care.

2. Mobile health practitioners can be placed at strategic places to enlighten people about their health and the services

3. More awareness against self-medication

4. Have more people join the campaign

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What happens when people cannot obtain the health services they need?

1. Prone to various Diseases

2. Decline in Health

3. Death

Nine things to know about eating Fruit which is a good supplement for the body.

1. Contains fiber and water to keep you full

2. A great dessert alternative

3. It is not bad for you

4. Bursting with nutrients

5. Dried fruit is not the same as fresh fruit

6. Coconut and avocados are the only fruits with fat. Most fruit is fat-free because the calories come from carbohydrate. Two notable exceptions are coconut and avocados, which derive most of their calories from fat.

7. Watermelons can keep you hydrated

8. It does make you more healthy

9. Onions are ridiculously good for you

Today I also celebrate every health worker who is striving hard to provide good health care to people.

Youth Pre-Conference

Society for adolescent and young people's health in Nigeria (SAYPHIN) is organizing its first national conference on adolescent health and development at the Otunba Subomi Balogun Conference center, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 9am-5pm. Click here to register. Tickets are available on Here . I will be there, so is it safe to say, see you there?

What to expect at the conference;

1. Distinguished experts plenary presentation
2. Expert panel discussions
3. Scientific presentation (Oral and poster)
4. Capacity building workshop
5. Policy interaction sessions
6. Young professional mentoring and network building sessions.

I  will also enjoin you all to not let the information you have read stop here. Engage people with the right information. Spread the word (word of mouth spreads faster). Irrespective of your chosen field, be it Fashion, Engineering, Photography, Teaching, Catering, Event Planning, Accounting amongst others, do not let it limit you.

What other initiative or intervention do you think can help to improve access to quality services and financial protection for people and communities? Share it in the comment section

HAPPY WORLD HEALTH DAY!!!!!! STAY HEALTHY