FebruaryPublicHealthEvent2025

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟮% 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻?Women account for just 28% of engineering graduates and 40% of computer science graduates, a mere 11% are women in the National Council on Health in Nigeria. Women constitute 70% of the global health workforce, yet they hold only 25% […]

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 Cancer remains a major global health challenge, affecting millions of lives each year. It is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with approximately 9.7 million cancer-related deaths in 2022. By 2040, new cancer cases are projected to rise to 29.9 million annually, exerting immense pressure on healthcare

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗙𝗚𝗠)?𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗚𝗠𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗙𝗚𝗠) continues to be a serious human rights violation, affecting millions of girls and women worldwide. It involves procedures that intentionally alter or injure the female genitalia for non-medical reasons, leading

 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟱𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗪𝗛𝗢, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰). In Nigeria, epilepsy remains a significant health challenge, with varying prevalence across regions and many individuals lacking proper diagnosis and treatment (Watila 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2024).𝗔𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱

𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙄𝙇𝙊), 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 453 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 214 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 $1.90 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮 (𝙄𝙇𝙊, 2024).The ILO’s Decent Work Agenda emphasizes that a just transition must be inclusive, integrating universal social protection, equitable access to education, and fair labor policies to

#PublicHealthIssues #RareDisease #HowMuchDoYouKnow?𝗔 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲)With over 7,000 rare diseases affecting approximately 3.5 – 5.9% of the global population, an estimated 300 million people worldwide are impacted, including around 50 million individuals in Africa.Rare