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The Quiet Grief at Work: How Pregnancy Loss Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace
When the email came in marked “urgent,” Maya was already back at her desk, two weeks after losing her pregnancy. The office hummed as usual. Her body ached, her mind floated in and out of focus, but she told no one. “I didn’t want to be the woman who could not cope,” she says. Stories like Maya’s are common, and they rarely appear in annual reports or staff newsletters. Yet pregnancy loss ,miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, or failed surrogacy touches nearly one in four pregnancies, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. It is an invisible crisis in modern work culture, one that quietly drains productivity, fractures team cohesion,…
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World Mental Health Day 2025: Tackling Sierra Leone’s Drug Crisis with Universal Care and Support
When a Crisis Hits Home In April 2024, Sierra Leone declared a national emergency on drug abuse, targeting the synthetic drug known locally as kush. Reuters reported that the government’s declaration came after a surge in addiction, deaths, and hospitalizations that have shaken the nation. The drug: cheap, potent, and often mixed with dangerous substances such as tramadol, synthetic opioids, formaldehyde, or even ground bone; has left families and communities reeling. The devastation is visible. Young people are collapsing on the streets. Hospitals are overflowing. Families are losing hope. This is no longer just a public health concern: it is a moral, social, and psychological crisis. On World Mental Health…
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From Struggle to Strength: Neneh’s Inspiring Journey with Cerebral Palsy
Osman and Fatmata are the proud parents of Neneh, a bright and resilient young girl who has been living with cerebral palsy for fifteen years. Neneh’s journey has been one marked by challenges, determination, and ultimately, hope. Just three days after her birth, Neneh began to show signs of physical complications. As a result, her parents took her to Ola During Children’s Hospital where she was admitted. After she was discharged, there was a recurring concern which alarmed her parents; whenever she had a fever, Neneh would regress from walking to crawling. This was not only physically difficult for her but also emotionally draining for her family. The emotional toll…
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Adolescent HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Centering Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Communities
According to the African Union and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, everyone has the right to health in Africa, including adolescents. The right to health covers sexual and reproductive health. Further, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: “Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for all at all Ages,” strives to achieve equitable access to essential health care for all, at all ages. Yet, sub-Saharan Africa, which has one of the world’s largest adolescent populations of over 226 million, continues to battle an adolescent HIV crisis. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports that in 2022, 3,100 out of the 4,000 adolescent…
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UNVEILING THE SECRETS: THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BODY, IT IS CALLED THE LIVER
What causes liver problem? Well let’s begin by appreciating the work the liver does.The liver is the chemical factory of the body that builds or recycle substance your body needs for good health or breaks down those you don’t need as waste and its passed out as faeces. Here is an interesting fact: about 2.25 litres of blood passes through the liver , every minute for detoxification purposes. Everyday your liver manufactures about 1 litre of bile which helps carry away toxins through your bowel. Now liver diseases such as hepatitis B or high cholesterol affects the liver capacity to remove toxins from the body. When your liver isn’t working…
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ARTHRITIS IS CURABLE WITH PINEAPPLE PEEL !
Now there are two types of arthritis, namely osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis . In Nigeria both types are used to describe various aches and pains in the muscle and joints as well as for on & off pains generally felt in the body. The symptoms for both types tend to come and go. Nowadays its becoming fairly common in the Genz population, it’s not an old age issue anymore. This is due to the consumption of processed and artificial foods and drinks. The symptoms begins with pain and stiffness in joints within the body, initially the pain comes and goes. Usually, it worsens when one wakes up in the morning,…
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AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF LOSING BELLY FAT : ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INTERMITTENT FASTING
We’ve been told that, eat 3 meals a day, with snacks in between, or 5 small meals a day to boost your metabolism, and that putting your body on starvation mode will slow down your metabolism and losing weight will backfire at you if you reduce your number of meals daily. In fact, intermittent fasting (IF) increases your metabolic rate, it is now the key to losing excess weight, having good health, mind, and body. This reminds me of the holy Quran, most of what is mentioned for us to be engaged in, is for our own good. The prophet Mohamed has always been fasting twice a week, and now…
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CAN DIRECT SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE BE THE MISSING LINK TO QUALITY SLEEP?
Say No to sleeping pills, sunlight exposure could be the key to sleeping like a baby at night! Why is sunlight so important to the human body? Let’s go to the cellular level, every cell in our body has a mitochondrion which is the machinery or powerhouse in our body that produces energy. The mitochondria take the food that we eat and transform it into energy. However just like every machine it can overheat, shut down and produces a byproduct called oxidative stress which are oxygen radicals! When oxidative stress builds up too much, it can cause lots of problems that could lead to less optimal health causing inflammation, cancer,…
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ROTARY CLUB OF FREETOWN SUNSET DONATES $21,000 WORTH SOLAR SYSTEM TO THE OLA DURING CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
‘In Sierra Leone, the mortality rates of neonates, infants and children under five are also amongst the highest globally at 34, 82, and 111 deaths per 1,000 live births’. A concern that has often left various stakeholders curiously invested in working towards solutions that would help in making things better. On Wednesday 8th February 2023, The Rotary Club of Freetown – Sunset in partnership with Felicity Solar Ltd. donated a 20Kva solar system valued at $21,000. In addition to a good number of Rotarians, dignitaries and health changemakers were also present; Dr Mustapha Kabbah, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Vandy, Director of Hospitals Mr Maurice Ferenke, Special Assistant to…
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GINGER ALL THE WAY IN PREGNANCY
Ginger, it’s botanical name is Zingibe offcinale, grows wildly in both Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In traditional medicine its used in a lot of tinctures and herbal tea for these reasons; Firstly, its promotes beneficial sweating. Now the body eliminates toxins from the body in three ways : through sweating, urinating and poo. Sweating is so important in removing toxins from the system especially the morning after the night before and when there is a fever it helps lower the body temperature . Another important reason is ginger inhibits the growth of bad bacteria in the digestive system while allowing the good bacteria to grow. Also its stimulates circulation and this…
