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Changing the Narrative: Supporting Our Children on World Suicide Prevention Day

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Every year, September 10th marks World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), a global initiative launched by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Suicide remains a heartbreaking public health crisis, claiming more than 720,000 lives annually worldwide, and leaving families and communities shattered. This year, the theme continues: “Changing the […]

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Ways to tackle boredom during the holidays GIRL CHILD

International Day of the Girl Child October 11th

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On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. For its first observance, this year’s Day focused on child marriage, which is a fundamental human rights violation

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World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week – Breastfeeding; Foundation For Life

All, Health, Parenting / 4 minutes of reading

World Breastfeeding Week (1st-7th August) is an annual event highlighting the critical importance of breastfeeding for children across the globe. Breastfeeding gives children the healthiest start in life. It is also one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways available to ensure that all children survive and thrive. Breastfeeding is the normal way of providing

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Is Your Child Returning To School?- Top 10 Things To Know About Immunization

Is your Child Returing to school?- Top 10 Things To know About Immunization

All, Featured Posts, Health, Parenting / 3 minutes of reading

As the summer holiday season draws to a close, many parents are getting ready for their kids to either start or resume back at school. It’s been fun to have them home for the summer, but the resumption of their normal routine is probably welcome by most! School is a great opportunity for kids to

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Action on Blood World Blood Donor Day

World Blood Donor Day

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Wednesday, 14th June 2017, is World Blood Donor Day.  On this day, we celebrate the men and women that generously give the gift of life to people they don’t know by freely donating their blood.  As a nation, it should be a time of taking stock of how close we are to the target of

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ALERT: WHO Links Processed Meat To Cancer

ALERT: WHO Links Processed Meat To Cancer

All, Featured Posts, Health / 2 minutes of reading

The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report which placed processed meats, including bacon and sausages, in the same category as smoking and asbestos as cancer causing. The WHO’s cancer research unit now classifies processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” based on evidence from hundreds of studies, and linked it specifically to colon, or colorectal, cancer.

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