Avoid AMBRONOL and DOK-1 MAX Syrup.

The public has been warned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) not to use or buy two contaminated products called AMBRONOL syrup and DOK-1 Max syrup.

The World Health Organization was informed about the two medical products in Uzbekistan, a country in Central Asia, according to a statement from NAFDAC (WHO).

According to the agency, laboratory testing revealed that both products had unacceptable levels of diethylene glycol and/or ethylene glycol as contaminants, which is why they failed to meet quality standards.

Diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which are present in these products, are toxic to humans and can have toxic and fatal effects, claims NAFDAC.

It was noted that the toxic effects could include acute kidney injury, which may cause death, as well as headaches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and an inability to pass urine.

However, NAFDAC urged anyone in possession of the subpar product to stop using, selling, and submitting stock to its nearest office.

Before using liquid dosage forms in medicines, the agency advised Nigerian manufacturers to check for contaminants like ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol.

"Importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers are advised to exercise caution and vigilance within the supply chain to avoid the importation, distribution, sale, and use of the substandard (contaminated) syrups, even though the products are not in the NAFDAC database.

All medical supplies must be purchased from licensed and authorized vendors. It is important to carefully inspect the products' physical integrity and authenticity, according to NAFDAC.

Please refrain from using these inferior products if you have them. You are urged to seek immediate medical advice from a licensed healthcare provider if you or someone you know used these products or experienced any negative side effects or event after use. The use of these products may cause adverse events or side effects, which should be reported to the nearby NAFDAC office by consumers and healthcare professionals

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On this day, #HSENations celebrates all the #Mentors all over the world as well as encourage individuals and organizations to share stories about the real-life power of mentoring.
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Conflicts, climatic shocks, COVID-19’s continuing effects, and rising living costs, according to the UN, are contributing to an increase in the number of severely undernourished children.
The most vulnerable children in 15 countries, which have been hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis, are in need of urgent protection, according to UN agencies.

Five UN agencies issued a statement that included the call.

The UN reportedly identified a number of nations that are being particularly hard-hit by the unprecedented food and nutrition crises.

Conflicts, climatic shocks, COVID-19’s continuing effects, and rising living costs, are contributing to the acute malnutrition of an increasing number of children.

The availability of essential health, nutrition, and other life-saving services is declining at the same time as this.

Currently, eight million of the 30 million children in the 15 countries with the worst impacts are severely wasted, the most lethal form of undernutrition. These children suffer from acute malnutrition.

According to the report, “This is a serious threat to children’s lives, long-term health, and development, with consequences felt by individuals, their communities, and their countries.”

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), and World Health Organization were listed as the five UN agencies (WHO).

The Global Action Plan on Child Wasting should move more quickly, according to the statement.

“This is intended to prevent, detect, and treat acute malnutrition in children in the four worst-affected nations—Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Others include Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria.

It was stated that the food, health, water and sanitation, and social protection systems were used to implement the Global Action Plan, which addressed the need for a multi-sectoral approach and highlighted priority actions across maternal and child nutrition.

In response to growing needs, the UN agencies, it is stated, have identified five priority actions that will effectively address acute malnutrition in nations affected by natural disasters, armed conflict, and humanitarian crises.

According to the report, stepping up these initiatives in a coordinated manner will be essential for preventing and treating pediatric acute malnutrition and averting a tragic loss of life.

“The UN agencies demand prompt and decisive action to stop this crisis from turning into a tragedy for the most vulnerable children around the world.

“Before it is too late,” it urged, “all agencies urge for greater investment in support of a coordinated UN response that will meet the unprecedented needs of this growing crisis.”

The FAO’s Director-General, Mr. QU Dongyu, stated that the situation is likely to get worse in 2023.

“We must make sure that young children, girls, and pregnant and lactating women can access, afford, and consume healthy diets.

He stated that urgent action was required in order to save lives and combat the underlying causes of acute malnutrition.

The UN system is responding to the crisis as a whole, according to Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

He claims that the UN Global Action Plan on Child Wasting is our collective effort to stop, identify, and treat wasting around the world.

Grandi stated that the UNHCR is making a lot of effort to enhance analysis and targeting in order to ensure that they reach populations of internally displaced people and refugees as well as children who are most at risk.

According to UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, cascading crises have made it more difficult for millions of children to access essential services and have wasted their potential.

According to Ms. Russell, casting hurts the child and, in extreme cases, can result in death or long-term harm to a child’s growth and development.

She asserted that by implementing tried-and-true strategies to prevent, identify, and treat child wasting early on, they can and must reverse the nutrition crisis.

More than 30 million children in the 15 worst-affected countries suffer from acute malnutrition, according to David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, so immediate and coordinated action is required.

According to Mr. Beasley, cooperation is essential to bolstering social safety nets and food assistance so that women and children who most need specialized nutritious foods can access them.

“The global food crisis is also a health crisis, and a vicious cycle, where malnutrition leads to disease and disease leads to malnutrition,” said Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

He stated that in order to safeguard the lives and health of children in the most severely affected nations, immediate assistance is required. This assistance must include securing crucial access to nutritious foods and nutrition services, particularly for women and children.


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Understanding the causes, effects, and therapies of hypertension.
It's simple to disregard high blood pressure, sometimes known as hypertension, until health issues manifest. Unfortunately, a lot of individuals don't understand how high blood pressure affects them until they get heart disease, renal damage, or a stroke.
Recently, the threshold for being considered to have high blood pressure was dropped to 130/80 mmHg. According to the American Heart Association, there are currently more than 100 million Americans who have high blood pressure. You might not be aware of if you have high blood pressure or how to protect your health when standards and treatment criteria change.
Patients are urged to monitor their own development and take preventative steps to lower their risks now more than ever. The good news is that there are numerous things you can do if you're one of the many people with hypertension to manage it, avoid problems, and lower your blood pressure to a normal level.

Signs and Symptoms

According to Suzanne Judd, a professor in the department of biostatistics at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, the problem for public health is that most people cannot feel persistent high blood pressure.
For good reason, high blood pressure is referred to as the "silent killer." You're unlikely to experience symptoms that act as high blood pressure warning signs unless you're going through the medical emergency known as a hypertensive crisis. Most people's damage from untreated chronic high blood pressure will occur gradually over time.
According to AHA recommendations, a hypertensive crisis occurs when blood pressure suddenly increases to readings of 180/120. Additional symptoms could include a severe headache, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and intense anxiety. An emergency with high blood pressure also includes symptoms including back or chest pain, weakness, numbness, or difficulty speaking.
Why You Must Control High Blood Pressure
About 60 to 100 beats per minute correspond to a typical heart rate. Your body's network of blood vessels—the arteries, veins, and capillaries—pump blood during each pulse. The artery walls are constantly being pushed against by the unending blood flow. Your blood pressure is this endless power.
When the body's microscopic arteries known as arterioles, which control blood flow, tighten, high blood pressure results. Your heart has to work harder to pump as a result of this restriction, which raises blood vessel pressure.
Lowering your blood pressure can save your life, and hypertension's negative effects can be disastrous. Dr. Wanpen Vongpatanasin, director of the Hypertension Fellowship Program at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, claims that the risk reduction is particularly potent in terms of enhancing cardiovascular health and lowering brain consequences like stroke. Unchecked high blood pressure, however, can reduce your life expectancy. She claims that having heart failure and a stroke ultimately increases mortality.
Kidney disease is a significant additional consequence. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, high blood pressure is the second most common cause of kidney failure in the United States and can harm the blood arteries in the kidneys.
Peripheral artery disease, vision loss, and sexual dysfunction can also be brought on by persistent, uncontrolled high blood pressure.
Blood Pressure and the Brain
The SPRINT study series examined the impact of rigorous blood pressure management on particular medical disorders, with a goal systolic pressure (the highest number) of less than 120. When high-risk patients have strictly managed blood pressure, as opposed to a less severe target of a systolic blood pressure of less than 140, researchers found that heart attack, unstable angina, stroke, and heart failure are decreased.
Recent research reveals that strict blood pressure regulation may aid in maintaining brain function. According to Vongpatanasin, "in more recent experiments, we start to observe a pattern of potential effects on cognitive function."
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report on the SPRINT MIND study's findings on January 18, 2019. Comparing tight blood pressure management to conventional blood pressure control, the incidence of probable dementia was lowered by 17%. This distinction lacked statistical significance. A notable finding was that strict blood pressure control was associated with a 19% decreased prevalence of mild cognitive impairment.
Hypertension Risk Factors
Some high blood pressure risk factors are out of your control. Being African American, being older, and having a family history of hypertension all raise your risk of acquiring hypertension.
Your chance of developing hypertension is increased if you have chronic medical disorders including diabetes, renal disease, or sleep apnea. Pregnancy can lead to high blood pressure problems such gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.
Your risk rises if you are overweight or obese and lead a sedentary lifestyle. Your risk is further increased by using tobacco products, eating too much salt (or sodium), and binge drinking.
High blood pressure increasingly occurs early in life, despite the fact that older persons are more prone to have it. Judd, the director of the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy at the UAB School of Public Health, claims that this condition has only recently begun to affect very young persons under the age of 20 as well. "That's possibly because an increasing number of Americans are getting obese. It's undoubtedly a worry."
How You Can Control High Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Medications
Nine drug classes are used to treat high blood pressure, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Each medication class has different blood pressure lowering effects:
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. ACE inhibitors help relax the blood vessels by counteracting a hormone that otherwise narrows them. Enalapril (Vasotec) and lisinopril (Prinivil and Zestril) are frequently prescribed ACE inhibitors.
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Historically, pharmacists were primarily responsible for checking and distributing drugs to #doctors for patient-prescribed medication. In modern times, pharmacists advise patients and health care providers on the selection, dosages, interactions, and side effects of prescriptions. Responsibilities of Pharmacists include:
- They serve as an intermediary between a prescriber and a patient.
- Monitors the health and progress of patients, pharmacists can then ensure the safe and effective use of medication.
- Ensure health and safety.
- Counsel patients.
- Perform administrative tasks

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