Although mental health is crucial to the overall well-being of individuals, societies and the country, it is largely neglected and often overlooked in Bangladesh. World Health Organisation (WHO) has given utmost importance to promote mental health services and has been campaigning for the full incorporation of mental health in public health. But it is matter of great regret that many people including some of health professionals are very reluctant to give mental health a priority.
About 16.01 per cent adult and 18.35 per cent children are suffering from mental illness in Bangladesh. With this enormous disease burden, a very few number of mental health professionals are struggling to cope with mental disorders. There are only 120 psychiatrists in our country. Other mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatric nurses etc) are also very limited in number.
WHO published an assessment instrument for mental health system in Bangladesh in 2007. It revealed — there are 0.073 psychiatrist and 0.00071 psychologist per 100000 populations. Total indoor beds for mental patients are only 813 against the whole population (0.58 bed/100000 people). With the lack of resources, we have many negative attitudes to the mental health issues.
WHO stated that mental health is more than the absence of mental illness, and it is vital to individuals, families and societies. Mental health is determined by socioeconomic factors, linked to behaviour. There are lots of impact on mental health from the global warming and climate change, but little crying we hear from the environmentalist on this issue.
Beside the individual disease burden, there is huge impact of mental health on social capital. The level of well being, physical health, knowledge and skill, productivity, quality of relationship, sexual satisfaction, trust, social cohesion all are integrated to mental health and ultimately linked with social capital. Good mental health is also an important resource for families, communities and nations. Mental health is a useful tool in the human rights framework.
Among the global disease burden, mental illnesses pose a bigger place than many of overemphasised physical illnesses. Our attitude towards mental health is running on the wrong track. It is time to change our attitude and false belief. Mental health concerns everyone as it is generated in our everyday lives at homes, schools and workplace. Positive mental health contributes to the social, human and economic capital of societies. To promote mental health, we all should move together.
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Everyday, thousands of people undergoing major surgeries need blood transfusion. Many people suffering from various conditions like haemophilia (genetic disease that impair the body’s ability to control blood clotting), dengue, severe anaemia, blood cancer, thalaessemia need blood transfusion.
On an average, 3 to 3.5 lakh bags of blood are needed in our country every year. There is always strict advice to transfuse safe blood. But from where these amount of blood will come? Blood is not produced in a factory and yet there is no alternative source for blood. The only source of blood is human body.
Usually, blood from relative is encouraged for transfusion. But if a healthy relative of the same blood group is not available, blood from any healthy voluntary donor of that group may be transfused. In our country, people usually depend on the organisations like Sandhani, Redcresent, Badhon, Quantam etc. for safe and fresh blood. We should remember that these organisations or institutions do not manufacture blood. They are only the media to collect blood from healthy voluntary donors to provide it to the needy people. The more the voluntary donor, the more these organisations will make blood available.
Here the question comes — who can donate blood? Any person within the age group of 18-60 years with a body weight as minimum 45 kg for female and 48 kg for male and having a general well-health is an eligible blood donor. Healthy means that you feel well and can perform normal activities; your blood pressure, pulse, body temperature are normal; and you are free from any blood boarn diseases such as malaria, syphilis, gonorrhoea, hepatitis B, C, AIDS, haemophilia etc.
You may have chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure; but in these cases, healthy means — you are being treated and the condition is under control. Such healthy people can donate one bag (350-450 ml) blood safely every 4 months.
After donating blood, the donor should take rest for 15-20 minutes. Routine work is absolutely fine after the initial rest. Rigorous physical work should be avoided for few hours. After resting for a while a donor should be given some liquid (fluid) to drink, such as water, ORS, milk or fruit juice. The donor needs no special diet other than a routine balanced diet. The body replaces blood volume or plasma within 24 hours.
It is very unfortunate that voluntary blood donation is still not so popular in our country. This is due to the lack of proper awareness, social movement, irrational fear and superstitions about donating blood. Some organisations are working in this field but still the number of voluntary blood donor is not keeping pace with the yearly requirement of blood.
In a study conducted by Sandhani, Dhaka Medical College Unit, it was seen that 62 percent of the population were unaware of the blood-transmitted diseases, 53 percent of people did not even know what their blood group was; 66 percent admitted that their knowledge about blood donation was not sufficient.
For the lack of adequate voluntary donors, many patients are being compelled to buy blood from professional blood donors. Such donors are more likely to carry dangerous infections and their blood is more likely to be of lower standard, as they tend to donate, better to say, trade more frequently.
In Bangladesh, mostly drug addicts sell their blood to get money to buy drugs for addiction. Usually they are under-nourished, having less haemoglobin in their blood. They also suffer from various blood transmissible diseases. So, the patient who is getting that blood, though initially may be benefited, is in risk of having many diseases.
In a research conducted in our country, 22 percent of the professional donor was found having Syphilis and 29 percent having Hepatitis-B. A study conducted in BSMMU showed that 60.1 percent of the patients suffered from hepatitis, who got transmitted unscreened blood from professional donors.
Again, many patients fail to get any kind of blood, not from voluntary donors, not from professional donors even. Voluntary donors’ safe blood and professionals’ unsafe blood collectively fail to fulfill the yearly requirements of Bangladesh.
If only 1% of the population donate blood once a year (though a healthy donor can donate blood 3 times a year safely), the yearly collection stands a satisfactory number which may fulfil the requirement smoothly.
Mathematically it is an easy task but it does not happen in reality. We all need come forward to save thousands of lives dying due to the shortage of blood.
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February 14th, 2010 by Aaks
With the advent of Valentine’s Day on this Sunday, millions of people are planning to give special gifts to their beloved. People sent flowers, red hearts, anonymous cards and offer a candle-lit dinner to surprise their valentines. On this Valentine’s day, you can make an exception by giving the greatest gift — a healthy heart that lasts forever. With little changes in your lifestyle that keep your heart healthy you can offer the big gift.
Research has shown that the leading cause of heart disease is related to behavioural choices such as eating habits, exercise, tobacco use, alcohol consumption and stress.
Maintaining a healthy body weight is crucial for the prevention of coronary heart diseases. Physical exercise even walking is good for heart. Blood pressure should be checked at regular interval and focus on lowering pressure by decreasing salt and low calorie diet. Alcohol, tobacco products and secondary exposure to tobacco smoke are important driving force behind heart diseases. We should make pledge to avoid it on this very occasion.
Following a heart healthy diet rich in vegetables, fruits and whole-grains are equally important. Consume fish, especially oily fish, at least twice a week. Limit your intake of saturated fat and minimise your intake of beverages and foods with added sugars.
On this Valentine’s Day, you can make the outstanding decision to change your lifestyle to give your beloved one, a healthy heart that creates love for life time.
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February 4th, 2010 by Aaks
These days people are easier than ever. Weight loss programs are important, but people are trying to find the dieting plan that will fit their lives. There is no wonder that diets online are becoming more and more popular in the recent years. The great thing that many people are finding about these dieting plans is that they are available online are really helping them to successfully lose weight. In the case you are looking for a way to lose some pounds, you can find that one of the online dieting plans will be right for you and your specific weight loss targets and needs.
In fact, there are several dieting plans that are available today on the internet. It means that the only way to access them is on the web. Nowadays there are a lot of different dieting web sites that will help you to choose the one dieting plan that will fit all your needs.
When we talk about dieting plans online, there are also popular dieting plans that have an optional online option. It means that they as well have options offline, but in the case you choose to, you can use their online web sites to have an assistance with the your weight loss program. On some web sites you will recognize the weight watchers. This dieting program used to have offline meeting place for those on the diet. However, now they have online access for people who are more comfortable with getting online.
Obviously there are a lot of benefits to going with dieting plan online. And one of the main benefits is that you can access the web site from anywhere. The only thing you need to have for it is the computer and internet connection. In this case you do not need to go for a special physical meeting place to be on the dieting program. Especially it is great for those people who travel a lot or for those people who lead busy lives and are too busy to get to specific meetings. Also dieting plans online are excellent for people who find themselves too confused to go to offline dieting meetings. Some people are ashamed of their weight and for them it is difficult even to go outside. In the case of online dieting plans everything is absolutely anonymous. In this case people can lose weight and get in shape on their own without having to feel confused about where they began.
In the case you are looking for a way to lose the weight and it does not matter how many pounds you are going to lose - whether 10 or 50 - you may want to consider one of the dieting plans online yourself.
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Is it realistic to lose 10 pounds? Well, in the age which is close to investing artificial intelligence most likely the answer should go like this, “Surely it is possible to lose 10 pounds!” But this is not so simple, especially if we are talking about to lose 10 pounds permanently.
Due to this if you are properly armed with the knowledge in your sphere of interest you can rest assured that you will in any case find the solution to any bad situation.
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February 3rd, 2010 by Aaks
Resorting to this or that diet, we do not pay frequently attention to equation its food components. And as practice shows, it has important value. It is no secret, that if the organism does not receive enough of vitamin
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February 3rd, 2010 by Aaks
For people who have got used to physical activities to carry out these simple physical exercises, will not be very difficult. But you will get good result. As shows the statistician, diets without physical exercises not only will not help to dump excess weight, but even can do much harm to your health. I wish to recommend you a simple complex of special exercises, which will help to improve blood circulation in feet, to strengthen blood circulation and to raise a metabolism.
The given exercises can be carried out everywhere and in any conditions, for example, when you sit at the TV, work behind a table in an armchair or go back in transport from work.
These exercises it is necessary to do in each hour, straining serially various muscles.
To begin with, it is necessary to sit down directly, knees at right angle, heels and socks together. You should slightly to lift socks serially with pressure sural muscles and muscles of feet and fingers.
We continue exercises, sitting directly. You should to put feet together and with identical frequency to tear off heels from a floor.
The exercise following consists in assignment and the data of heels at an angle 45
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February 3rd, 2010 by Aaks
There is constantly an air of impossibility to hard work taken by individuals in addressing weight problems ? losing weight and keeping that weight off. The amount of alternatives in the market does not make this endeavor any easier especially when the majority of these products do not have credible medicinal backing.
The central objective here is to find the weight loss supplement that is best suited to the consumer and so, while comparing the leading brands of weight loss pills out in the market and trying to discover the most excellent natural alternative, two products emerged : Proactol and the natural hunger suppressant, Hoodia.
Proactol has many benefits because it was derived from the cactus Optunia ficus-indica. Clinical trials have shown that Proactol can:
? Keep 28% of your daily fat intake from being absorbed by your body.
? Keep blood sugar and cholesterol levels to the minimum.
? Prevent you from craving food and suppresses your appetite.
? Trim down your calories by a 150 calorie consumption per meal per day.
? Keep your joints flexible.
? And so much more?
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First it is the Hoodia diet supplement , which also called Hoodia gordonii. Hoodia is a natural herb that grows in South Africa which been eaten there for thousands of years. It contains P57 which can:
? cut your calorie intake by 50%, that is approximately 1,000-2,000 calories a day
? switch off the brain?s hunger mechanism and keep you from feeling hungry
? make the brain believe that the body has ample blood sugar
? be very strong when compared to glucose when suppressing hunger , in fact, 10,000 times stronger
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These two weight loss pills, while being all natural, actually offer impressive benefits like a 1-2 lbs weight loss per week. Apparently, these two weight loss pills are very effective, but if we consider the side-effects, then we can be sure that Hoodia is definitely different from Proactol.
So, which is better , Proactol or UniqueHoodia?
Proactol is a unique diet supplement . It is able to work as a reliable appetite suppressant and a natural fat binder with absolutely no side effects. It can even prevent hypertension, keep joints flexible and give you a sense of health and well-being.
Proactol has it all. It can help consumers lose the excess flab and keep this flab off; and with its other health benefits, it gives the user a healthy body both inside and out.
There is so much to achieve from Proactol since it can be used for long periods of time without ever having to worry about the side effects. Proactol is really a remarkable product.
We cannot deny, however, that Hoodia also has their good sides of its own. The Kalahari Bushmen used this for centuries to suppress their appetite ? but that was when pure Hoodia was widely available. If you can find pure Hoodia, especially with 99% of the pills being fake, then instant weight loss would be the obvious reward.
If you need a weight loss supplement that can assure weight loss and keep that loss with completely no side-effects, then Proactol is for you. Proactol can ensure that your actions toward weight loss are met with a healthy body, happiness to have obtained what you wanted, and complete well-being. We highly recommend Proactol to those trying to find a natural, genuine, weight loss solution.
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