World Psoriasis Day 2020: BE INFORMED!
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World Psoriasis Day 2020: BE INFORMED!

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World Psoriasis Day observed every year on 29th of October. It was created by International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA) in 2004, World Psoriasis Day has grown into a leading platform for everyone to unite voices and promote psoriasis advocacy efforts.

Recommended: World Stroke Day is observed on October 29

Psoriasis patient associations, partner organizations, and corporate sponsors, get together to celebrate a day dedicated to people living with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis.

Aims

  • Raise awareness
  • Spread information
  • Improve access to treatment
  • Give the psoriasis community a voice

Impact of Psoriasis

Physically. People with psoriasis might experience constant itching or burning. Psoriatic arthritis can cause pain and persistent fatigue. Further, people with psoriasis have been shown to have an increased incidence of other non communicable diseases (NCDs) including, type 2 diabetes, psoriatic arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.
Emotionally. Psoriasis is associated with a variety of psychological difficulties, including poor self-esteem, sexual dysfunction, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. The visibility of psoriatic lesions means that social stigmatisation and rejection are common experiences for people with psoriasis.
Socially. Physical discomfort, impaired emotional functioning, and negative body- and self-image leads to limitations in daily activities, avoidance of interpersonal situations or public places and thus, reduced social and occupational opportunities.
Economically. Psoriasis imposes a substantial economic burden on the individual and society. Besides the direct financial burden of treatment, psoriasis causes significant occupational disability. Not surprisingly, patients with more severe psoriasis must spend more time and money on treatment, which can ultimately affect their work status. Indirect costs include lost productivity and disability caused by limitations in activities of daily living.

Theme

The theme for World Psoriasis Day 2020 is “INFORMED”. 

Informed
  • Informed patients can manage their condition better and motivate behavior change in their communities.
  • Informed patient associations are effective in advocating the needs of psoriasis patients and helping them with social and psychological issues, something physicians have little time to do.
  • Informed patient associations are effective in advocating the needs of psoriasis patients and helping them with social and psychological issues, something physicians have little time to do.
  • Informed medical professionals have the ability to deliver positive, solid information about psoriasis and its treatments.
  • Informed society will know that psoriasis is not transmittable to/from another person by touch or close contact, which will help to lessen the stigma, discrimination and exclusion of people living with psoriasis.
  • Informed decision makers will be empowered to implement the recommendations stated in the WHO Resolution on Psoriasis, to create national guidelines/action plans and devote resources to support early screening of psoriasis patients.

Source of info: World Psoriasis Day Campaign materials

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World Stroke Day 2020! Know your risk and prevent a stroke!
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World Stroke Day 2020! Know your risk and prevent a stroke!

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World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to raise awareness, preventive measures and treatment of the condition, and ensure better care and support for survivors.

Facts

  • Stroke affects about 1 in 4 people worldwide.
  • It can happen to anyone.
  • 80% of first strokes may be prevented. 
  • WHO estimates that more than 17.5 million people died of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack or stroke in 2012. 

Prevention of stroke

  • Eat a healthy diet: A balanced diet is crucial to a healthy heart and circulation system.
  • Take regular physical activity: At least 30 minutes of regular physical activity every day helps to maintain cardiovascular fitness; at least 60 minutes on most days of the week helps to maintain healthy weight.
  • Avoid tobacco use
  • Check and control your overall cardiovascular risk
    – Know your blood pressure
    – Know your blood lipids
    – Know your blood sugar    .

Source of info: WHO & www.world-stroke.org.

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Health: A Political Choice – Act Now, Together (Book)
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Health: A Political Choice – Act Now, Together [Book]

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Health: A Political Choice – Act Now, Together is the latest in a series of titles published by the Global Governance Project in collaboration with WHO. At the occasion of the World Health Summit 2020 and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, a new book has been launched that calls on world leaders and politicians to unite in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other threats to health and the global economy.

This year’s edition features another prestigious line-up of authors, including Amina J Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the UN, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Calling for coordinated action in response to COVID-19 and on other pressing health-related issues, the publication focuses on five key areas:

  1. Inclusive economics, defined by a new social contract and the pursuit of progress for all
  2. The fundamental requirements for a healthy life and equitable health care
  3. Equitable investments and how to make universal health coverage a reality
  4. Health in the digital age and how technology can help reshape the human rights agenda
  5. The long-term outlook on global health

Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General, said: “It has never been clearer that health is a political and economic choice. In the past 20 years, countries have invested heavily in preparing for terrorist attacks, but relatively little in preparing for the attack of a virus – which, as the COVID-19 pandemic has proven, can be far more deadly, disruptive and costly.” 

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Eighth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2020
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The eighth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) takes place on 25–31 October 2020. ILPPW is an initiative of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (the Lead Paint Alliance), which is jointly led by the UN Environment Programme and WHO.  

International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) raises awareness and promotes actions to address the health impacts of lead exposure, especially on children, pregnant women, and workers. During the week, governments, academia, civil society organizations, and industry advance efforts to prevent childhood lead poisoning, and accelerate efforts to phase out the use of lead in paint.

Lead poisoning and health (Key Facts)

  • Lead is a cumulative toxicant that affects multiple body systems and is particularly harmful to young children.
  • Lead in the body is distributed to the brain, liver, kidney and bones. It is stored in the teeth and bones, where it accumulates over time. Human exposure is usually assessed through the measurement of lead in blood.
  • Lead in bone is released into blood during pregnancy and becomes a source of exposure to the developing fetus.
  • There is no level of exposure to lead that is known to be without harmful effects.
  • Lead exposure is preventable.
  • Lead exposure can have serious consequences for the health of children.
  • At high levels of exposure, lead attacks the brain and central nervous system to cause coma, convulsions and even death.
  • Children who survive severe lead poisoning may be left with mental retardation and behavioural disorders.
  • At lower levels of exposure that cause no obvious symptoms lead is now known to produce a spectrum of injury across multiple body systems. In particular lead can affect children’s brain development resulting in reduced intelligence quotient (IQ), behavioural changes such as reduced attention span and increased antisocial behavior, and reduced educational attainment.
  • Lead exposure also causes anaemia, hypertension, renal impairment, immunotoxicity and toxicity to the reproductive organs.
  • The neurological and behavioural effects of lead are believed to be irreversible.

    MORE INFO: WHO

Actions for Government, Industry and Civil Society

What can governments do?

What can industry do?

What can civil society do?

#BanLeadPaint #ILPPW2020

Source of info: Eighth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

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United Nations Day: Shaping our future together #UN75
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United Nations Day: Shaping our future together #UN75

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24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday. UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.

The 75th anniversary

The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and its founding Charter. This anniversary comes in a time of great disruption for the world, compounded by an unprecedented global health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with severe economic and social impacts. But it is also a reminder that times of struggle can become an opportunity for positive change and transformation.

To commemorate the 75 years of the United Nations, Member States hold a high-level event on 21 September 2020, where they reaffirmed and recognized that our challenges are interconnected and can only be addressed through reinvigorated multilateralism.

Across this anniversary year, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency, get the world moving and working and prospering again, and uphold the vision of the Charter.
– UN Secretary-General António Guterres

#UN75 REPORT: TOP TEN KEY FINDINGS

#1 Amidst the current crisis, the immediate priority of most respondents everywhere is improved access to basic services: healthcare, safe water and sanitation, and education.

#2 The next main priority is greater international solidarity and increased support to the places hardest hit by the pandemic. This includes tackling poverty, inequalities and boosting employment.

#3 While health is the most pressing issue now, respondents were hopeful about this area improving. They also believe access to education and women’s rights will improve.

#4 When looking to the future, respondents’ priorities corresponded to those areas where they believe things will get worse. Most participants across all regions are worried about the future impact of climate change. Our inability to stem the climate crisis and the destruction of the natural environment is viewed by respondents as the most overwhelming medium- and long-term concern.

#5 Other major priorities for the future include ensuring greater respect for human rights, settling conflicts, tackling poverty and reducing corruption.

#6 When it comes to the future, younger participants and those in many developing countries tend to be more optimistic than those who are older, or living in developed countries.

#7 87% of those surveyed believe international cooperation is vital to deal with today’s challenges. And the majority of respondents believe the COVID-19 crisis has made international cooperation even more urgent.

#8 Looking to the past, six in ten respondents believe the UN has made the world a better place. Looking to the future, 74% see the UN as “essential” in tackling global challenges. At the same time, over half still see the UN as remote from their lives and say they don’t know much about it.

Moreover, while just under half currently see the UN as contributing “somewhat” to advancing key global challenges, only about a third see the UN as contributing “ a lot” in this regard. The areas where the UN is perceived to be contributing most are in upholding human rights and in promoting peace.

#9 Dialogue participants overwhelmingly called for the UN to be more inclusive of the diversity of actors in the 21st century. They identified in particular the need for greater inclusion of civil society, women, youth, vulnerable groups, cities and local authorities, businesses, regional organisations and other international organisations.

#10 Participants in dialogues also called for the UN to innovate in other ways, with stronger leadership and more consistency in exercising its moral authority to uphold the UN Charter. There are calls for increased accountability, transparency and impartiality, including through better engagement and communication with communities, as well as strengthening implementation of programmes and operations.

Source of information: https://www.un.org/en/observances/un-day

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World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio!
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World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio!

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World Polio Day is observed every year on 24 October. It was established by Rotary International. World Polio Day provides an opportunity to highlight global efforts toward a polio-free world.

What is Poliomyelitis?

Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a paralyzing and potentially fatal disease that still threatens children in some parts of the world.

Recommended: National Immunization Schedule, Nepal (Revised)

Poliovirus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in hours. It can strike people of any age but mainly affects children under five. Polio can be prevented by vaccines, but it is not curable. Unlike most diseases, polio can be eradicated.

Facts

  • There are 2 forms of vaccine available to ward off polio – oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
  • Large-scale vaccination rounds help rapidly boost immunity.
  • Every child must be vaccinated to eradicate polio.
  • Polio mainly affects children under age 5.
  • One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, 5–10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.
  • There is no cure, but polio is preventable with a vaccine.
  • Only two countries remain endemic.
  • Wild Poliovirus in Two Remaining Countries – Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • We’ve reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988.
  • Until we end polio forever, every child is at risk.
  • Once polio is eradicated, the world can celebrate the delivery of a major global public good that will benefit all people equally, no matter where they live. Economic modelling has found that the eradication of polio would save at least US$ 40–50 billion, mostly in low-income countries. Most importantly, success will mean that no child will ever again suffer the terrible effects of lifelong polio-paralysis.

Source of info: CDC, ROTARY International & WHO

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Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week
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Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week, commemorated annually, is a major occasion for stakeholders to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards “MIL for All”.

The 10th annual global celebration of Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week will take place from 24 to 31 October 2020, under the theme “Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for everyone and, by everyone”. Through Global MIL Week, UNESCO and WHO are joining forces to tackle disinformation and misinformation. 

The current COVID-19 pandemic is accompanied by an infodemic – the intersection between health, information, communication and technology is becoming one of the most significant dimensions of the public health response to the pandemic. The way in which people are exposed to information, both good and bad; the modalities of digital participation; trust and transparency; media and information literacy; and health literacy are all elements that influence resilience to mis and dis information. WHO is working with partners to manage the infodemic. 

Source of info: WHO & UNESCO

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Public Health Service Regulation 2077
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Public Health Service Regulation, 2077

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Public Health Service Regulations, 2020
Using the rights given by Section 63 of the Public Health Service Act, 2018, the Government of Nepal has framed the following Rules.

  1. Brief Title and Commencement: (1) These Rules shall be collectively called “Public Health
    Service Regulations, 2020”.
    (2) These Regulations shall come into force immediately.
  2. Definition: Unless the subject or the context requires otherwise, in these Regulations:
    (a) “Hospital” means the health institution where the patient is admitted and a doctor
    provides health services.
    (b) “Basic Healthcare Centre” means the governmental health institution that provides
    basic health services.
    (c) “Act” means the Public Health Service Act, 2018.

Basic Health Services: Every citizen shall receive free basic health services from every basic health service centre and health institutions designated by the Government of Nepal, Provincial Government and Local Level as mentioned in Schedule 1 under the headings pursuant to Sub-Section (4) of Section 3 of the Act.

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Eligibility Guideline for Course in Foreign University/Institution 2077
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Government of Nepal, Medical Education Commission has published a guideline for Course in Foreign University/Institution 2077.

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Medical Education Commission (MEC) Eligibility Certificate (Process and documents required)

Document Required & Application Process for No Objection Certification (HOW to apply for NOC)

MEC Eligibility Guideline for Course in Foreign University/Institution 2077

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World Osteoporosis Day: Love Your Bones!
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World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) is marked on October 20 each year.
WOD is dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related musculoskeletal diseases.

It aims to put bone health and fracture prevention on the global health
agenda and reaches out to health-care professionals, the media,
policy makers, patients, and the public at large.

Osteoporosis is a very common condition. Currently, osteoporosis is vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated. Worldwide, millions of people at high risk of broken bones (fractures) remain unaware of the underlying silent disease. The huge human and socioeconomic cost, and severe impact of fractures on patients’ independence, is underestimated.

Theme 2020

THAT’S OSTEOPOROSIS

The year’s campaign objectives are to:
• improve understanding of the link between osteoporosis and broken
bones
• reveal the human costs of fractures through impactful patient portraits
• encourage the public to check their personal risk for osteoporosis by
driving use of the new IOF Osteoporosis Risk Check
• raise awareness of osteoporosis as an intergenerational disease that
concerns the whole family
• reveal the socioeconomic burden of fractures through impactful facts and
statistics
• urge health care authorities worldwide to implement post-fracture care for
secondary fracture prevention

Facts

  • By 2050, the worldwide incidence of hip fracture in men is projected to increase by 310% and by 240% in women compared to 1990.
  • Urbanization and ageing populations are driving rapid increases in the osteoporosis disease burden.
  • The majority of fragility fracture patients are neither assessed, nor treated by their health-care system hence there is failure to ‘Capture the Fracture’ and reduce risk of subsequent fractures.
  • Osteoporosis accounts for more days in the hospital than breast cancer, heart attack, diabetes & other diseases.
  • 1 in 5 women with a spinal fracture will suffer another one within one year.
  • Loss of independence after a hip fracture, approximately 60% require assistance a year later and 20% will require long-term nursing care.
  • Fracture risk up to 27% higher than prostate cancer risk.
  • 1 fracture occurs every 3 sec.
  • If you’ve suffered 1 fracture you’re twice at risk for another.
  • Aged 50+ 1/3 women 1/5 men: will suffer an osteoporotic fracture worldwide.
  • 9 million fractures annually.
  • A prior fracture is associated with an 86% increased risk of any fracture.
  • Only 1/3 of vertebral fractures come to clinical attention.
  • 80% of people who have had at least one osteoporotic fracture are neither identified nor treated for osteoporosis.
  • In men, the risk of fracture is up to 27% higher than the risk of prostate cancer.

The 5 steps to healthy bones and a fracture-free future

1. Exercise regularly: Weight-bearing, muscle-strengthening and balance-training exercises are best.
2. Ensure a diet rich in bone-healthy nutrients: Calcium, vitamin D and protein are the most important for bone health. Safe exposure to sunshine will help you get enough vitamin D.
3. Avoid negative lifestyle habits: Maintain a healthy body weight, avoid smoking and excessive drinking.
4. Find out whether you have risk factors: and bring these to your doctor’s attention, especially if you’ve had a previous fracture or have specific diseases and medications that affect bone health.
5. Get tested and treated if needed: If you’re at high risk you will likely need medication to ensure optimal protection against fracture.

Source of information: World Osteoporosis Day

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