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Today is World Chagas Disease Day.

🌎 Chagas disease, predominantly affecting impoverished populations in Latin America, is increasingly spreading across continents.

⚠️ There are currently 7 million infections globally, and an estimated 10,000 people die from Chagas disease every year.

🔬 Early detection is key as Chagas disease is curable when treatment is provided soon after infection.

💩 In the Region of the Americas, T. cruzi is mainly transmitted to humans through the infected faeces of the blood-sucking triatomine bug (the ‘kissing bug’), which is the disease vector.

Chagas disease has two phases:

1️⃣ An acute phase
2️⃣ A chronic phase

Most acute phases are asymptomatic or have non-specific symptoms.

During the chronic phase patients may also be symptom-free but some may progress to clinical forms of the disease:

🫀 Cardiac symptoms
😖 Digestive symptoms
🧠 Neurological symptoms

These symptoms can be life threatening if left undiagnosed and untreated.

You can protect yourself from Chagas disease by:

✅ Insecticide spraying
✅ Home improvements
✅ Good hygiene practices
✅ Using bednets

Learn more about Chagas disease here through UNICEF ➡️ https://bit.ly/42qFfCQ

The earthquake in Myanmar is having a devastating impact on children and families. Many are still missing, many are traumatized.

UNICEF and partners are on the ground assessing needs and prepositioning life-saving supplies.

But they can’t do this without you.

Donate now to support UNICEF’s ongoing response in Myanmar: https://unicef.link/support-children-in-Myanmar

⁉️ Did you know that tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease?

⚠️ About a quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with TB bacteria, but most people will not develop the disease. In 2023, TB was responsible for 1.25 million deaths worldwide.

Key facts about TB:

🦠 Caused by bacteria that mainly affects the lungs
🗣 Spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit
🤒 Symptoms include cough, fever, and weight loss
💉 It is preventable and curable
💊 It is treated with antibiotics

TB exists in all countries and age groups, but low- and middle-income regions are most affected.

Global efforts have saved 79 million lives since 2000! But we must do more to end TB by 2030.

Protect yourself from TB starts with:

✅ Awareness
🔬 Early detection
💊 Treatment

Consult your physician if you see symptoms like prolonged coughing, fever, or weight loss, especially if you've been in contact with someone diagnosed with tuberculosis recently.
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Watch Science in 5 video on TB to learn more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hDXESj

WHO’s top news of the week 🚨

Second round of polio vaccination in the Gaza Strip aims to vaccinate over half a million children, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news/item/11-10-2024-second-round-of-polio-vaccination-in-the-gaza-strip-aims-to-vaccinate-over-half-a-million-children

Better use of vaccines could reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses annually, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news/item/10-10-2024-better-use-of-vaccines-could-reduce-antibiotic-use-by-2.5-billion-doses-annually--says-who

WHO issues travel advice in the context of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Rwanda, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-advises-against-any-travel-and-trade-restrictions-with-rwanda-in-the-context-of-the-ongoing-marburg-virus-disease-(mvd)-outbreak

WHO South-East Asia Region sets new target for measles and rubella elimination, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/10-10-2024-who-south-east-asia-region-sets-new-target-for-measles-and-rubella-elimination

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day.
It was another chapter of learning and relearning.

Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day!

👨🏼‍💻 Mental health and work are connected. That's why we ask employers, governments, and others to work together to create safe and healthy workplaces for everyone.

Unhealthy working conditions can look like:

🚫 Stigma
❌ Discrimination
⚠️ Harassment
🔒 Limited independence

By using proven methods and solutions at work, we can make sure that everyone has the chance to succeed both at work and in life.

Let's take action for a healthier future! *Start here* ➡️ bit.ly/3TKHBsU
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"Why was Socrates killed?

Socrates, the greatest philosopher of all time, was actually the most hated man in Athens.
He was accused of cruelty and corruption of youth.
The popular court, the Eliea, condemned him to death: and Socrates, one of the most brilliant minds in history, died drinking hemlock.

But why all this?

Socrates apparently wasn't doing anything dangerous.
He simply asked questions, spoke to anyone: with nobles, with common citizens, with young people.
But his questions, in their frankness, in their simplicity demolished the certainties of his interlocutors, forcing them to confront the emptiness of their own certainties, with the incoherence of their reasoning.

He taught us to doubt.

Socrates was a character who was too uncomfortable with the doubts he inculcated.
He had the audacity to expose corrupt politicians and false teachers who advocated false truths and false knowledge.

For this he was sentenced to death. He was a threat to the status quo, a danger that needed to be eliminated.

During the trial, Socrates did not want to repent or beg for mercy.

He also refused to be assisted by a speaker.

Intelligence is inconvenient, this is what the trial against Socrates teaches us.

The masses want illusions and not truths; they want to be flattered and live happily in ignorance.

Smart men are embarrassing.

They are prohibited, ostracized, despised, because they disturb the sleep of the masses, question authority, reveal the deceptions of the institutions.

Does this sound familiar with what is happening recently? You'll agree with me that this is very true 👍.
Lord Ken Luntsi

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟖-𝟓𝟓, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬…

1. Life doesn't wait for you to be okay. Get up everyday and keep pushing through.

2. Never force anyone to choose you. You'll learn the art to spend time alone

3. Master your emotions. A calm mind can handle any situation.

4. To avoid disappointment, you need to take people for who they're not for what you want them to be.

5. Everyone will show you who they're, just give them time

6. You're at peace with yourself when you mind your own business.

7. Ensure you take good care of yourself, if anything happens to you, the world will move on.

8. Nobody cares, work hard to get better everyday.

9. If you don't work to build your own dream, someone will hire you and give you a purpose.

10. Free yourself from the society's advice, most of them have no idea of what they're doing.

11. 30 years is too long to sit in an office being told what to do.

12. You shouldn't frequently take advice from people who're not where you want to be in life.

13. Life's is 100% better when no one know anything about you

14. You become 10x smarter when you quit the news and put politics out of your topics, unless it is your official occupation or it benefits you positively

15. You need to be smart enough to create your opportunities, don't wait for them to come to you.

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