![]() ![]() HIV and AIDS - show a positive impact on health. Mr Michael Waldholz, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, illustrated that the experiences of childhood immunisation programmes, such as GAVI and other health-related movements - i.e. Successes surrounding adult immunisations were reported by Prof Roman Prymula, Chairman, Central European Vaccine Advisory Board, who explained how vaccinations can be effective as we age, when immune systems weaken. Bill Gates talks of the “miracle of vaccinations”, which through our ingenuity can and do save lives. With the size of this industry, are the media moguls overselling lifestyle as the cause and change in lifestyle as the main solution, when overweight is a message from nature that we have a problem? Let’s be vigilant and make sure that nature is not sidelined to lifestyle and the public are made more aware of the present arsenal and emerging bugs that nature has and the need for ongoing vaccinations through our life cycle to protect us and give us a fighting chance. In the US alone, the value of the weight-loss industry is worth a massive $60 billion. Changes in lifestyle, consumption and regular physical activity help prevent obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and premature mortality. They include heart disease, stroke, obesity and type 2 diabetes. A lifestyle disease is associated with the way a person or group of people lives. I believe that nature, with its ongoing evolution, has been sidelined in favour of lifestyle diseases by some of the advertising media moguls. ![]() Some challenges to adult immunisations that were highlighted by the panellists included the low uptake of adult vaccinations by at-risk groups, including healthcare workers and the need to support frontline workers, in addition to raising public awareness of new vaccines, such as a vaccine for shingles. This is, I believe, the spaciousness of health, regardless of age, disability, chronic illness, or whatever. ![]() I always think if I can do this now, what would I achieve in the future?” She finished her speech to great applause: “Just because I have no limbs does not mean I shall be limited - and neither should you.“ She said: “Technology has made me even more determined to achieve a better standard and quality of life. Recently, a 16-year-old Irish girl, Joanne O’Riordan, born with no limbs from a very rare disorder (Total Amelia Syndrome), gave an inspiring address to the United Nations International Telecommunications Union in New York. Let me explain: wisdom is not confined to any age group. Emotional and societal support, leadership, governance and accountability are seamlessly interconnected to enable the global citizen on this fragile village earth to live within a new paradigm that being, living in the ‘spaciousness of health’, which is sustained, enabled and extended by proactive measures. This rich statement triggers the need for a whole range of enabling tools to ensure that the right supports are in place, including economic sustainability. However, I learned that one should be careful in defining ‘the elderly’, as there is a concern that age segmentation can marginalise societal response to the needs of those who progress through the chronological lifeline.ĭr Jane Barratt, Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing, said of ageing: “We all start ageing from the moment of birth” - with one destination, I might add! ![]()
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