World Health Day

  Caring for a newborn Life with a new baby can be a uniquely challenging and emotional time. Here’s some key advice to support a healthy future for your little one.Attend health check-ups: Schedule and attend all recommended newborn care appointments to monitor your baby's growth and development. These visits are crucial for early detection of any health issues. Practice safe sleep : Babies should lay on their back to sleep, on a firm mattress without soft bedding, pillows, or toys. This reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Breastfeeding : Breastfeeding is highly beneficial for your baby, providing essential nutrients and antibodies. If breastfeeding is challenging, a trained provider can help resolve many common problems. Bonding and interaction: Spend time holding, talking to, and playing with your baby. Skin-to-skin contact and responsive interactions help with bonding and support your baby's emotional and cognitive development. Recognize signs of illnes...

To mark World Health Day on April 7th , the World Health Organization (WHO) is running the “My health, my right” campaign to champion the right to health of everyone, everywhere. The campaign advocates for ensuring universal access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination. All around the world, the core challenges consistently compromising the right to health are political inaction coupled with a lack of accountability and funding, compounded by intolerance, discrimination and stigma. Populations facing marginalization or vulnerability suffer the most, such as people who live in poverty, are displaced, are older or live with disabilities.While inaction and injustice are the major drivers of the global failure to deliver on the right to health, current crises are leading to especially egregious violations of this right. ...