Maternal health is the cornerstone of early childhood development, which begins at conception. Families and communities must prioritize the care of pregnant women through early antenatal consultations, adequate nutrition, prevention of gender-based violence, and protection of their physical and emotional wellbeing.
Organ donation is a charitable thing, but should be done within the precincts and demands of acceptable laws and medico-social ethics. It should not be a trade with blindfolds and middlemen handling cash transactions.
This area can mostly be controlled through serious monitoring by the government and its intelligence system, especially in hospitals owned by foreigners or where most patients are foreigners. Trends of this illegal trade show that priority is given to foreign patients because they pay more.
Non-violence is a human value, regardless of religious faiths, beliefs, or philosophies. In fact, it sits at the baseline of qualifying values forming the humanness of the human person, which at the same time differentiates human persons from animals. Animals lack a sense of control when their needs are not met and can easily resolve to using force.
It is important that our leaders are trained to take non-violence approaches so as to help address social issues without causing communities and persons pain or make them rethink their sense of belonging. The danger of the latter is them rising up to reclaim by force what they believe is rightfully theirs.
The elderly, according to the United Nations are among the fastest growing population, even more than that of children from 0 to 5 years of age. According to World Health Organization factsheets, in 2018 it was recorded for the first time in history that people aged 65 and above outnumbered children aged 0 to 5 years. While global healthcare adapts itself to cater for the fast-growing elderly population, society too needs to adapt to the same.
Children should be taught that being disabled is not something to use against people and make them feel ashamed, less valued, or of no substantial contribution.
The fact that there are incidences of mob justice communicates to us one of the following two things. First, it is either people do not know the law, or they do not know how to get help from the law, or second, the law enforcement agencies have disappointed people from time to time, and people have lost trust in the effectiveness of what they do.
Shimbo Pastory This article was published in The Citizen Newspaper – Tanzania on January 10, 2023 “For the fact that the general citizenry is the beneficiary of social action in its multiple faces, there is great need of having the people made aware. This touches all aspects of socio-political and socioeconomic life of the Tanzanian … Read more
Hadija Jilala (PhD) shares her life journey as a person with disability. She sees her success as a platform to help people with disabilities rise to their feet and live happily and productively. The pdf copy of this article is found underneath the page for perusal and download.
Shimbo Pastory This article was published in The Citizen Newspaper – Tanzania on 13th of December, 2022 As generations evolve, art tends to evolve as well. The different tributaries of art are all affected differently. Some changes will pass for growth or improvement while others will easily be seen as regress. With ease of technology, … Read more
The World Children’s Day which is marked annually on 20th November, has been celebrated for the sixty-eighth time since its first observance, with a theme: ‘Inclusion for every child.’ In rthis analytic discourse we establish new ways to make inclusion more visible and practical as a social empowerment initiative.