A presentation on how and why one must maintain ones' health

1. DR. ARINOLA E. JODA
Dept of Clinical Pharmacy & Biopharmacy,
Faculty of Pharmacy,
UNILAG, Idi-Araba Campus
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BE IN HEALTH

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WHY?

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4. BE IN HEALTH
 BE RESPONSIBLE
 BE AWARE
 BE CAREFUL
 BE MINDFUL
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5. BE RESPONSIBLE
 You have a role to play
 Own your own health
 You are ultimately responsible for choices
 About your health
 About your career
 About your family
 About your life
 You need to know that
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6. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN
HEALTH
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7. YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE
FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH
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8. BE AWARE
 Know yourself
 What works for you, what doesn’t
 Drugs are not cure-all (gbogbo n’ise)
 ALL drugs have side effects (PCM, Vit C)
 MOST drugs will pass through your kidney
 What rest and good hygiene will solve; drugs won’t
solve it.
 Regular hand washing
 Toilet hygiene especially for females
 Personal hygiene
 Environmental hygiene
 Rest
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9. BE CAREFUL
 Self medication
 Has serious limitations
 Don’t share drugs
 Drugs use and misuse
 Antibiotics (Ab) overuse/abuse =Ab resistance
 Licit drugs abuse
 Illicit drugs abuse
 Other substances abuse
 Sexual abuse
 Serial monogamy 9

10. BE MINDFUL
 Prevention is better than cure
 Regular health screening
 Eating well is good sense
 Exercising does not have to be an expense exercise
 Manage stress
 Different stress levels
 Drugs can cause disease
 Iatrogenic disease 10

11. KEY MESSAGES
 BE RESPONSIBLE – Own your health
 BE AWARE – Know yourself
 BE CAREFUL – Avoid abuse
 BE MINDFUL – Prevention is better than
cure
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12. CONCLUSION
 Let’s play our part well
 Gods’ part in ensuring we are in health is
assured
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