Unsafe food is linked to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people annually – including many children. Food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances is responsible for more than 200 diseases, ranging from diarrhoea to cancers.
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Youth At Risk of HIV - Whose Responsibility Anyway?
As young people enter their teens and begin to experiment sexually, it’s not just the risk of pregnancy they are exposing themselves to. And although HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect people of all ages, young people continue to be the hardest hit.
Abstinence: How Real?
You may have heard people talk about abstinence in different ways. Some people think of abstinence as not having vaginal intercourse, but they may enjoy other kinds of sexual activities that don't lead to pregnancy.
Valentine’s Day Celebration At AHI
Love is often regarded as a magical feeling as such February 14 is set aside to celebrate love around the world. Thus, Action Health...
Action Health Incorporated (AHI) Joins #ShowYourSelfie Campaign
Action Health Incorporated (AHI) is proud to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Global Citizen ongoing #ShowYourSelfie campaign to show world leaders that...
“Close The Gap” – World AIDS Day Celebration
“On this ?#?WorldAIDSDay, I call on world leaders to unite in our common cause. We have started to turn the tide. We have set a bold...
Equality, Dignity and the Link Between Gender-Based Violence and Sanitation
We have a moral imperative to end open defecation and a duty to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape...
Can the Mass Media Be Healthy Sex Educators?
By Jane D. Brown and Sarah N. Keller The mass media—television, music, magazines, movies and the Internet—are important sex educators. Yet, the media seldom have...
Tailor-made Career or Creative-made Career?
It is usually imperative for me that my clothes fit properly. I would rather have my outfits tailored to fit than pick up an already-made...
International Literacy Day- “Literacy and Sustainable Development”
The traditional definition of literacy is the ability to read and write, listen and speak and enumerate. However, in the modern context literacy involves the...