Sentences with phrase «raising health awareness»

According to her, the screening, which is the third in a series, is aimed at raising health awareness of the people.
Partly because patients do not start to feel sick until their CD4 counts drop to around 200, «over half of those [three to five million] still don't know they have HIV,» Crowley says To raise health awareness, the WHO has been recommending increased HIV testing and monitoring of CD4 levels.

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Today is World Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts to support mental hHealth Day, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts to support mental hhealth issues around the world and mobilize efforts to support mental healthhealth.
The program was established in 2003 to raise awareness among young people of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the overall health of the country's economy.
A growing number of grassroots organizations and social media campaigns are raising awareness about the roughly one in five Americans who will be affected by a mental health condition in their lifetime.
An Ontario teen whose campaign for mental health made national news, a Vancouver woman raising awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women, and a young man from Calgary who designed a new...
A civic engagement «app queen,» the founder of a dance troupe that raises awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and a teenage mental - health advocate who just met with the prime...
Williams will address politicians and perinatal mental health experts at the House of Commons on 20 November at an «awareness - raising» event.
Theresa John, who has been clean of drink and drugs for four years, said the Alcohol Health Alliance's findings highlight how churches should help raise awareness of the issue.
To that end, Pastor Warren's church will host The Gathering on Mental Health and the Church on March 28, a day long event with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, to raise awareness and spread information regarding the truth about mental illness and how the Church can positively get involved.
It's become a whole bunch of people trying to raise awareness, raise money, basically invite people into the conversation surrounding mental health and especially suicide prevention.
The reception brought together parliamentarians, CBM supporters and international development sector leaders to raise awareness of the exclusion faced by people with disabilities and in particular, those living with psychosocial disabilities - which are caused by mental health conditions.
This campaign raises awareness about environmental sustainability, health benefits and new technological applications of industrial hemp.
As a result, trends in using alternative «pulse» proteins such as lentils, chickpeas and green peas are growing, especially with the United Nations proclaiming 2016 as «International Year of Pulses» to help raise awareness of health benefits when used as a food ingredient.
Brazil's high consumer awareness on the issue, is confirmed by a recent Euromonitor International survey that shows how Brazilians raised more than in any other country the issue of «reducing salt purchased» as a main health concern.
In partnership with European retailers and other stake - holders, Volkert has launched the «Dr. Good Food» campaign to raise awareness of the health and ecological benefits of fruits & vegetables.
Movember was launched in Australia in 2003 as a fun and visible way to raise funds and awareness for men's health issues, including prostate and testicular cancer.
This is a fun way for all of us to get involved, raise awareness and funding for men's health issues, and show our guests how much we truly care.»
With the leadership of Mr. Ruvo, Keep Memory Alive increases awareness and raises funds for the research, management, and treatment of brain disorders at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
Terranea Resort teams up with Children's Hospital Los Angeles to raise support and awareness for kids» health.
«Maria's energy and dedication to health and wellness complements LAUP's desire to help the families of Los Angeles County improve their children's nutritional health, by educating the public and raising awareness about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.»
Through a dedicated webpage, social media and events, the campaign aims to raise awareness about the sugar content of food and drink products and to educate and inform about the impact of high sugar intake on health.
Del Frisco's Grille is pleased to announce that they are participating in «Movember» with a variety of events to raise awareness for men's health issues.
The purpose of the swim was to raise money for the OUSU charity and mental health awareness campaign, «Mind Your Head».
Birmingham City players aimed to raise awareness of mental health issues by helping launch The Nick Mowl Cup, named after a former Solihull Moors player who took his own life
After my own experience of postpartum anxiety and OCD, I wanted to do something to help other women in a similar situation to me by raising awareness and decreasing the stigma of maternal mental health issues.
She developed and implemented strategies to raise breast cancer awareness and bring breast health services to medically underserved women in the Puget Sound region.
Since May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, it's my hope to raise awareness about these issues and to let moms and their families know that they're not alone, and I know you work with a lot of moms here in Sacramento and the surroundiAwareness Month, it's my hope to raise awareness about these issues and to let moms and their families know that they're not alone, and I know you work with a lot of moms here in Sacramento and the surroundiawareness about these issues and to let moms and their families know that they're not alone, and I know you work with a lot of moms here in Sacramento and the surrounding areas.
Susan is a former dentist, now a holistic nutritionist and the founder of Better School Food, a coalition of health professionals, educators, and concerned parents, whose mission is to raise awareness about the connection between better food and better health.
My plan was to graduate, do my post-grad study and then go on to counsel families who've suffered a traumatic birth experience, and raise awareness for post-natal PTSD and other mental health conditions which are exacerbated by the feeling of loss of control during labour.
Accordingly, we are organising protests outside events for health workers and the public sponsored by Danone to raise awareness of the conflicts of interest involved.
We're passionate about breastfeeding and raising awareness for this vital public health cause.
«By engaging a million Americans with millions of mothers in the developing world around issues that directly impact pregnancy, childbirth and children's health, the Million Moms Challenge will raise awareness and funds to help women and children everywhere survive and thrive.»
Nov. 17 is World Prematurity Day and as a mom, I want to take the time to raise awareness and educate other parents or parents - to - be about the specialized health needs preterm babies -LSB-...]
In 2013, the Department of Health also wrote to healthcare professionals — including GPs, practice nurses and health visitors — to raise awareness of best practice in the preparation of infant formula, and to restate the Department's guidance on this, in line with guidance from the World Health OrganisHealth also wrote to healthcare professionals — including GPs, practice nurses and health visitors — to raise awareness of best practice in the preparation of infant formula, and to restate the Department's guidance on this, in line with guidance from the World Health Organishealth visitors — to raise awareness of best practice in the preparation of infant formula, and to restate the Department's guidance on this, in line with guidance from the World Health OrganisHealth Organisation.
Doctors and public health officials have been working to raise awareness of the issue.
This series provides economic data to inform policy makers about how breastfeeding leads to savings in health costs and other costs, raises awareness among the academic and wider community and highlights a new and publicly relevant area of research.
Raising Awareness Among Parents, Health Professionals, Health Facilities and Elected Officials
Areas requiring urgent attention include social support for breastfeeding mothers, public health campaigns to raise awareness, employer schemes to support mothers returning to work and breastfeeding welcome schemes to enable mothers to feel confident to breastfeed when not at home.
Mr & Mrs Claus are leveraging their star status to raise awareness for nutrition's role in heart health.
Babyminding began as an effort to raise awareness among the parenting community about the rising threats to our children's health.
Peggy provides consultation and training to schools, parents and health professionals to implement depression and mental health education programs which raise awareness of childhood and adolescent depression and help guide young people to good mental health.
My goal is to raise awareness for perinatal health, for women and parents going through tough or challenging adjustments.
I guess that my purpose in addressing you is to raise awareness and introduce this idea of PATTCh, to get you talking about it, thinking about the need to modify maternity care to incorporate good mental health as a described outcome of maternity care.
In October 2015, the Kentucky Department for Public Health launched the Safe Sleep Campaign to raise awareness of the importance of Safe Sleep for babies and lower the number of SIDS - related deaths in Kentucky.
In the future, we hope to proceed with the Phoenix Walks, which will raise awareness about perinatal emotional complications in communities of color and raise funds for Rising Together, a fund that will benefit organizations and individuals working with women of color around perinatal mental health.
You can watch the film now (or buy the DVD) on our website: http://microbirth.com The reason we made the film was to raise awareness that the seeding and feeding of the baby's microbiome is potentially vitally important for lifelong health - so as the article says, I hope that our film and this great article stimulates much more thought and discussion on the subject between birth educators, parents, midwives, doulas and doctors.
Schools can spend $ on health classes for high schoolers and the First Lady can raise all the awareness she wants, but when elementary and middle schools are the front line of providers of unhealthy foods — the paradox is frustrating and tragic.
We will continue to do what we can to raise awareness of these rulings amongst parents, health workers and policy makers.
With the support of millions of moms around the world, Mission Motherhood raises awareness, educates women, and influences the world's health organizations and governments.
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