Health Promotion Messages

18/05/2022

🔥 🔥 🔥 Do you know that hypertension is simple to prevent, simple to diagnose and simple to treat?

World Hypertension Day was celebrated yesterday with the aim to educate the public and increase the awareness of hypertension which is commonly known as high blood pressure.

Learn more about hypertension by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

https://www.healthpromotionmessages.com/when-last-have-had-your-blood-pressure-checked/

This article explains what is hypertension, Causes, complications, treatment and hints, and measures to control your blood pressure

02/05/2022

🔥 🔥 Our immune system is important for our existing. Without our immune system our bodies would be vulnerable to attack from bacteria, viruses, parasites and more.

Learn more about what you can do to make your immune system strong by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

Learn about some of the things or foods you can do or eat to make your immune system strong and how does the immune system work.

02/05/2022

🔥 🔥 Flue viruses kills the lives of about 11 000 South Africans. As we enter into the influenza season, everyone has to make sure that the most at risk groups get the flu vaccine.

Learn more about the importance of vaccinating for flu virus in South Africa, by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

Learn more about flu vaccine in South Africa, who is at risk, the right time to get it, benefits, side effects and where to access it in SA.

31/03/2022

🔥 🔥 TB can be cured even if you have HIV.

Get screened for TB at your local clinic. If you answer "YES" to any of the following questions, please visit your nearest health facility for TB test:
- Have you been coughing for 2 weeks or more?
- Did you lose appetite?
- Do you sweat a lot at night?
- Are you coughing up blood?
- Do you have a chest pain?
- Have you lost weight?

Visit the clinic for your TB results, for initiation of TB treatment, if you tested positive. Also, TB kils if you don't take treatment.

For more information on TB click the link 🔗 below:

https://healthpromotionmessages.com/what-happens-if-you-have-TB/

30/03/2022

🔥 🔥 🔥 Are you living with HIV and have not tested TB?
Did you know that TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is a serious health threat, especially for people living with HIV.

People living with HIV are more likely than others to become sick with TB. If you have HIV it is important to know if you have TB, because HIV weakens the immune system.

Get more information on how is TB related to HIV by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

Learn about how TB relates to HIV, the importance of testing TB and knowing your status, how common is TB and HIV and TB treatment.

28/03/2022

Are you HIV negative and wish to maintain your negative status forever? Then consider taking Pre-exposure-prophylaxis (PrEP), especially if you feel that you are at risk of getting infected with HIV.

Learn more about how safe is PrEP, who should consider taking it, How well does it work, what happens once you start PREP, and etc.

To learn more about the PrEP, click on the link 🔗 below

How effective is Pre-exposure prophylaxis , who should take it, how does it work, and what happens when you start it

21/03/2022

🔥 🔥 🔥 TB remains the number one killer in South Africa. It is curable if you take treatment for 6 to 9 months. Learn more about what happens to you if you have TB.

Learn more about TB, it's symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, side effects of the treatment, what makes TB treatment fail, relationship between TB, HIV and Diabetes.

Learn more about the above subheadings by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

https://healthpromotionmessages.com/what-happens-if-you-have-TB/

23/02/2022

Learn about the new COVID-19 vaccine changes from today in South Africa.

The National Department of Health has issued a new circular presenting a new modified Covid-19 vaccine dosing intervals and the introduction of mix and match dosing for adults.

Learn more on new changes on Covid 19 Vaccine in South Africa from 23 February 2022 by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

New COVID 19 vaccine changes in South Africa The National Department of Health has issued a new circular presenting a modified Covid-19 vaccine dosing intervals, and the introduction of ‘mix-and-match’ dosing for adults. According to Businesstech, the circular only marks the Pfizer Cominarty and...

21/02/2022

🔥 🔥 Learn about another outbreak in South Africa, called Typhoid Fever. Learn about how it spreads, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the disease.

Click on the link 🔗 below for more details about typhoid fever:

Learn about whether typhoid fever is contagious or not, symptoms of typhoid fever, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control

18/02/2022

🔥 🔥 Learn about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. One of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle is the reduction of the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke.

Learn more about the the components of a healthy lifestyle by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

Living a healthy lifestyle This article highlights some of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. Living a healthy lifestyle has many benefits that help us improve our health. This includes a eating healthy, no smoking, exercising, moderate consumption, reducing salt, controlling weight and hav...

08/02/2022

🔥 🔥 🔥 There's a new variant of HIV discovered in the Netherlands called VB. The virus spreads faster, destroys immune system and tempers with people's ability to fight off every day illnesses and diseases much faster than the previous strain of HIV.

Learn more about the variant by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

The article is about the new HIV variant, early diagnosis and treatment of the new HIV variant and the importance of knowing your status

22/12/2021

🔥 🔥 🔥 Many people are not as healthy as they could be. Some people, especially children are underweight, do not grow properly and get sick easily.

Learn about the important healthy food choices, such as enjoying the variety of foods including starchy-foods, protein, fruit and vegetables, salt and sugar.

Learn more about the topic by clicking on the link 🔗 below:

This article is about important healthy food choices, enjoying the variety of foods that are important, and importance of planning your meal.