UNICEF Akure - Facts for Life: Recent Episodes

FACTS FOR LIFE (UNICEF AKURE)

Facts For Life is a program on essential family practices for healthy living. This includes Immunization, Care of New Born, Exclusive breastfeeding, Sanitation, etc.

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Femi Greaterheights, a Tech Podcaster talks about the COVID-19 Vaccination in partnership with the Ondo State Ministry of Information and Orientation with support from UNICEF. 

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WASH centers on adequate access to improved water supply, safely managed sanitation and positive hygiene behaviors which are important for family well-being as it results in control of enteric diseases and contribute to better health, nutrition and education outcomes for the child.

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  1. (YOUR HAND AND YOU) CARE FOR THE NEW BORN

  2. HAND WASHING

  3. HAND WASHING & DIRTY ENVIRONMENT

  4. CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

  5. OPEN DEFECATION

  6. OPEN DEFECATION & HAND-WASHING

  7. HYGIENE OPEN DEFECATION HAND WASHING

  8. OPEN DEFECATION 2 CORRECTED - HEALTHY LIVING

  9. PRESERVING OUR WATER SOURCES

  10. OUR WAY OF LIFE - HEALTHY LIVING

  11. PRACTICES IN OUR SOCIETY - HEALTHY LIVING

  12. OPEN DEFECATION AND WATER

  13. MATERNITY HOMES

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Over 1.5 million children die annually from diseases that can be prevented by vaccination.  Immunization saves 2-3 million lives each year. By protecting children against serious diseases, vaccines play a central role in ending preventable child deaths. (unicef.org).

This podcast contains 13 segments which highlights the following (Click Next to select numbered segments):

  1. IMMUNIZATION AND CHILD SURVIVAL

  2. HIGHLIGHTS ON THE BENEFITS OF IMMUNIZATION

  3. IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS

  4. IMMUNIZATION IS FREE

  5. FLEXIBILITY

  6. BOOSTER DOSES

  7. BELIEFS IN LOCAL CONCOCTION AS AGAINST IMMUNIZATION

  8. ADULT IMMUNIZATION

  9. IMMUNIZATION AND WORKERS ATTITUDE

  10. ADVANTAGES OF IMMUNIZATION

  11. MYTHS ON IMMUNIZATION

  12. POLIO VACCINE

  13. SUCCESS STORY ON IMMUNIZATION 

Have Question? Call 08035351006, factsforlifeakure@gmail.com. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook. 

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This Episode focuses on care of the new born and comprises of 13 segments as labelled below:

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  1. Maternal bonding & Exclusive Breastfeeding - Mother & Child

  2. (Colostrum the best milk) - Care of the New Born

  3. Protection from the cradle

  4. (Umbilical Cord) - Care of the New Born

  5. Unskilled Birth Attendants

  6. Balanced Diet  

  7. Cracked Nipples not a barrier - Healthy Living  

  8. Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Net (LLIN) -  A Stitch in time

  9. Use of LLIN (Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Net)

  10. Maternity Homes

  11. Preterm Babies

  12. All Clean Hands on Deck

  13. (Your Hand and You) - Care of the New Born

Have Question? Call 08035351006, factsforlifeakure@gmail.com. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook.

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This episode focuses on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and contains 13 segments as labelled below:

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  1. Introduction to exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)

  2. (Colostrum the best milk) - Care of the New Born

  3. Benefits of EBF

  4. EBF and cancer prevention

  5. Benefits of breastfeeding to the child

  6. EBF as a means of contraceptive

  7. EBF prevents malnutrition

  8. Economic benefit of EBF

  9. Maternal bonding and EBF

  10. Myths on EBF

  11. No hindrance to EBF

  12. Position and attachment in Breastfeeding

  13. Complimentary feeding

Have Question? Call 08035351006, factsforlifeakure@gmail.com. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook.