World Health Day 2022

Globally, an individual’s Health may be affected by:

• Pollution
• Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart diseases, cancer etc.
• COVID-19 pandemic

 

It is important to know that:

• Wildfires lead to injury or death from suffocation, inhalation injury, burns or mental ill-health from Wildfire-related trauma and so on.
• Floods can cause food poisoning leading to illness from infectious diseases, displacement, shortages of safe water, disruption to health care services etc.
• Exposure to extreme heat causes headaches, vomiting,  confusion, tiredness or heatstroke leading to organ failure, hospitalizations, death etc
• Tobacco is a killer (causes cancer etc) and a polluter.

 

 

To keep ourselves and our planet healthy, we need to do the following:

• Exercise regularly by walking or pedalling to work at least once in a week or by choosing public transport.
• Change to a renewable energy provider; do not heat your rooms over 21.5 degrees Celsius; turn off the light when not in the room.
• Buy your fresh groceries from local producers and avoid highly processed foods and beverages.
• Stop consuming tobacco.
• Buy less plastic; use recyclable grocery bags.
• Avoid fatty, salty, sugary meals/drinks
• Stop burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas

 

TAKE ACTION TODAY! 🎬

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: World Health Organisation 🌎