MENTAL HEALTH

Covid-19 has led to a massive loss of human life worldwide and brought challenges to the public health sector. Many people have lost their jobs, thus falling into extreme poverty. During lockdowns, many are unable to feed themselves and their families. This is because the majority have no income during these trying times, meaning they have no food to eat, or few people who have been surviving with their savings have no money left. Families have been sharing food left in their stores until it has become empty. The pandemic led to the closure of borders, trade restrictions, and confinement measures, which have affected the entire food system. Workers and farmers are prevented from accessing markets to buy inputs and sell produce. Hence reduced access to healthy diets. And this poses a challenge to health conditions. There is an increased consumption of unhealthy foods, thus even increasing the risk of easily contracting Covid-19. The marginalized population from low-income countries bein...

   In simple terms, technology is a branch of knowledge that deals with the invention and use of technical means and their interrelationship with life, society, and the environment. Technology plays an important role in society, for it changed how a person conducts his/her own life in terms of communication, thoughts, and learning. It has both positive and negative effects. let us start with the positive impact of technology in; Communication Technology has brought many new electronic communication methods such as emails, telegram, Twitter, zoom, etc. You can have conferences and talk with people who are miles away worldwide. One can chat or mingle, share their thoughts, feelings, and emotions easily from where they are. Information or directions is easily transmitted, and feedback is given to fastening service delivery in the community.       2. Health sector  There is the increased accessibility of treatment since the introduction of technology in t...

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