World Polio Day on October 24 is celebrated in honour of the tireless contributions made by frontline healthcare workers in their vigilant fight to eradicate the disease. It provides an opportunity for countries to highlight global efforts undertaken to eradicate polio from every corner of the globe and lead a path towards a polio-free world. Globally, World Polio Day marks the […]
#World Food Day Special Dr. Esther Sathiaraj Ph.D. Nutrition Sciences Better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life – the theme for this year’s World Food Day on October 16. Collective action across 150 countries worldwide is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. With a growing population, there […]
Lesothos Ministry is responsible for health issues including the development of health policies, standards and guidelines along with mobilization of health resources and evaluation of health sector interventions. Government ministries, academics donors, civil society, private businesses, public stakeholder and consultants are involved improving health outcomes. Public Health system in Lesotho The Government of Lesotho funds and supports the fight against […]
The discipline of Public Health is enormous that provides safe and planned medical care to the population of Nigeria. Nigeria has huge burden of diseases like Malaria, HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis and other public health challenges like teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, unsafe abortion, etc. Public health is one of the broadest and dynamic top paying professions in the medical sector of Nigeria. […]
A step towards sustainable development Evidence based public health though not a very recent concept but has gained immense popularity since a decade or two. It primarily relies on scientific evidence and principles of scientific reasoning to make decisions on public health programs and policies. Evidence based public health has a strong foothold in developing the national health system as […]
What is Public Health System? The WHO (World Health Organisation) defines the Public Health System as the art andscience of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organizedefforts of society (Acheson, 1988). But do we really understand the true meaning of Public Health System inpractical scenario? The public health and other healthcare sectors have been ignored immensely bythe […]
Mental Health: A Social Taboo Mental health in general is a taboo subject worldwide. Developed nations have just recently started recognizing mental-health as a problem and started with both awareness campaigns as well services to be able to curb these issues. Developing nations are still struggling to recognize these issues and take immediate action. Depression and other mental, neurological disorders […]
Individuals with basic knowledge, skills and training in public health are capable of acquiring highly paid jobs in government or non government, community based organizations or agencies and academic or research institutes in Nigeria. Public health professionals Career in public health involves highest paying jobs wherein the experts face a lot of risks and are rewarded with a handsome paycheck. […]
Public health is a fast growing field of health sciences that promotes healthy lifestyles, research on intervention for prevention of disease and injury, detection and prevention of the spread of infectious disease, protection and improvement of public health. The need to improve the health of the most vulnerable and worlds poorest Malawi population by bridging the gap between public health […]
Ghana Health Services, Ministry of Health and its partners by implementation of developed plans and monitoring of healthcare programmes and services are committed to provide quality and affordable healthcare services to the people of Ghana. Functions and Objectives of Public Health Services Public health services in Ghana ensure development of sustainable strategic plans and comprehensive public health policies; programmes and […]