Steemit Engagement Challenge / S13W1 - "Health and our Environment"

Hello friends of the health community welcome to my blog. It is my first post for the community and the season. So I will be sharing my thoughts on the topic health and your environment

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Health is wealth and something which we all need to pay attention to. Many people do not care about their health or the people around them. Our health is important in every single way and so we must try to live healthy and do what is necessary to be healthy.

🌱🏞️ Tell us in your words what you understand about Global health.

Global health to me refers to two things; global implying all or total or everything or everyone or general in the world and health* ensures proper or improved health situations. Therefore global health is the well being and general health of everyone in the world. This implies measures being put in place to ensure proper health of all humans in every country in the world. Global health seeks to check on Plaguing human health conditions and implementing better ways of handling them

🌱🏞️ Which point is most important to you? Give your reasons.

It is said that healthy food leads to healthy living so I will go with Making healthy food more accessible. There are so many people in the world who go hungry or do not eat healthy foods. Most times we see the United Nations providing food items to some countries facing crisis like Ethiopia, Cameroon and other countries facing food problems and crisis. This goes a long way to boost the living conditions of these persons. Below are some importance of eating healthy food.

• Limits the prevelence of diseases as unhealthy or contaminated food causes health problems and can also be chronic

• Improve living standards as mental and physical health will be managed through eating quality food.

• Eating healthy food contribute to a balanced life as it contains the necessary classes of food hence providing the nutrients needed for smooth functioning of the body, protect the skin and build up of muscles and tissues.

With healthy food being provided to everyone we will realise that most of our health problems will be solved like malnutrition and chronic diseases. Hence health personnels won't have stress handling diseases. See pictures of some balanced food types below

🌱🏞️ Which point is the least important to you? Give your reasons.

To be honest all five points are very important to us and they are all interrelated in every way. But some have more weight than others and to me the least is Providing health care to nations in crisis because it maybe difficult to assess crisis happening in a nation as most of the crisis in the world are for selfish and political reasons. Take for example my country has been in crisis for 7 years now. This was a fight orchestrated by some selfish people which led to the situation we are now. Many people have died and the most deploring situation is rural areas. Most people in the villages depend on herbs for treatment as most health services are closed, workers left due to the rampant killings. It has become difficult to get access even to a medical center as many have to trek long distances to get to the hospital. This because very difficult for us in my region as the government itself doesn't care.

Looking at other nations like recently Niger, Senegal and other recent rioting countries we will see it is out of selfishness which makes the people suffer and hence fight back.

War is something which cannot be totally avoided by everyone as people have different mentality and interest. War just like we see between Russia and a Ukraine, Israel and Palestine leaves so many critical situation like dead of children and destruction. Crisis may only be avoided if our leaders keep away their selfish desires, work together to value the citizens, provide equally to everyone then we can have peace everywhere. Leaders should be able to enhance health care.

Sometimes we realize that even the health care sent to these crisis nations are not received by the beneficiaries. Still out of greed and selfishness people divert the purpose of the aids to themselves. It is very evident in my country and we see it everyday. I witnessed a pathetic situation where people who are well to do drive cars come and park them then go to fight things meant for internally displaced persons from rural areas to the town. I saw them quarreling and fighting to take these things while those who needed them stood sorrowfully.

This point to me can only be achieved if we all love ourselves and value each other then we can have this point successfully implemented

🌱🏞️ If you can add one more point, what will it be? Why?

There are so many plaguing human situations which needs global attention but I will go with providing portable water to all. I give this point out of experience in my region and other areas I have visited facing water problems. Without portable water we have many health situation especially cholera, typhoid fever and other water related diseases. This point is very pertinent to me and my community as we face problems with portable water available. With water accessible to all we will experience the following to a human;

• Water helps in boosting economic development in a community. In most rural areas or towns people especially women and children spend hours fetching water hence cannot engage in income generating activities. With portable water people will divert this energy to activities tht yields income

• Boost agricultural and energy sector. Without available water agricultural activities will be hindered and energy producing companies will go out of supply without portable water. Hence people will result to using contaminated water for food and energy production which inturn damage human health.

• Improve health situations to all as many diseases will be reduced.

• Water is a good source of life and so helps regulate the body's circulatory system

• Water is essential in the transport system of human especially good and minerals to the necessary points

• Water is needed for mental stability as it cools the brain and helps it function well. I do feel that calmness in my head when I drink water.

CONCLUSION

Sometimes we do not watch our actions which results to health situations affecting many people in the community or country. Let's try to watch our actions and protect our environment too.

Thank you all for visiting my post. I invite @chiabertrand, @fombae and @dove11 to participate in the challenge.

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