Benalina Medical Laboratory Services.

04/08/2026

🤱🏻 Did you know that breastfeeding can save lives and boost health, for both babies and mothers?

*Breastfeeding benefits include:*

🔹 Provides all the nutrients a baby needs for the first 6 months.
🔹 Provides antibodies that protect the child against many illnesses like diarrhoea and pneumonia.
🔹 Reduces the risk of obesity and chronic diseases in children.
🔹 Reduces the risk of disease for the mother, including breast and ovarian cancer.

💡 Additionally, breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests.

🌍 Still, only 48% of babies under 6 months are exclusively breastfed.

*WHO recommends:*

✔ Start breastfeeding within the first hour after birth.
✔ Exclusively breastfeed for 6 months.
✔ Continue breastfeeding with complementary foods up to 2 years or beyond.

👶👶🏻👶🏾 Let’s make sure every child gets the best start in life.

Learn more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/infant-and-young-child-feeding

28/07/2026

🟡 287 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B or C in 2024, yet many don’t even know they’re infected.

💛 Even more worrying, 1.3 million people died from these diseases last year – despite the fact that hepatitis can often be prevented, treated, and in the case of hepatitis C, even cured.

🙌🏼 This *World Hepatitis Day (28 July)*, the message is simple: Let’s break it down. Barriers like stigma, lack of awareness and limited access to testing stop too many people from getting lifesaving care.

*Here’s what you can do:*

✅ Get tested for hepatitis B and C if you’re at risk or have never been tested.
👶 Make sure newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. In 2024, only 45% did.
🗣️ Learn the facts and help stop stigma by sharing accurate information.

💪 Together, we can turn proven science into action – and save millions of lives.

Find out more ➡️https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hepatitis-day/2026

25/07/2026

🌍 WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 2026 | VIRTUAL PUBLIC LECTURE

Join us for an insightful and interactive Virtual Public Lecture on Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down as we commemorate World Hepatitis Day 2026.

Hear from leading gastroenterology experts as they discuss:
🟢 Overview of Hepatitis C Infection in Ghana and the Stop Hep C Project
🟢 Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis C

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, student, policymaker, or member of the public, this session will deepen your understanding of hepatitis prevention, testing, treatment, and the journey towards elimination.

📅 Date: Sunday, 26th July 2026
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM (GMT)

🎟️ Register here: https://tinyurl.com/43abhdwd

Together, let’s raise awareness, promote early testing, improve access to care, and work towards eliminating viral hepatitis.

Please share this invitation with your family, friends, colleagues, and professional networks.

25/07/2026

📱👧 *The digital world is shaping our children’s health every single day.*

💙 Technology can help children learn, create, connect and access health information. But how digital platforms are designed also matters.

Research links excessive digital exposure, especially among vulnerable young people, with increased risks of:

😟 Anxiety and depression
😴 Poor sleep
📉 Less physical activity
🤝 Fewer real-life social connections

🚨 Children may also be exposed to harmful content, misinformation, online exploitation and marketing of unhealthy products.

*What can families do?*

✅ Create screen-free moments, especially during meals and before bedtime.
✅ Encourage outdoor play, hobbies and time with family and friends.
✅ Talk openly about what children see and do online.
✅ Use age-appropriate safety and privacy settings.
✅ Remember: quality of screen time matters just as much as quantity.

❤️ The goal isn’t to eliminate technology—it’s to help children enjoy its benefits while growing up healthy, safe and connected both online and offline.

Learn more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/the-digital-choices-shaping-our-children-s-health

25/07/2026

🎗️ *Cancer takes more than 26 000 lives every day.* But nearly 4 in 10 cancer cases are linked to preventable risk factors.

🌍 Today, 20.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year, and close to 10 million die. Without urgent action, annual cases could reach nearly 35 million by 2050.

*Prevention and early detection can make a difference:*

🚭 Avoid to***co
💉 Get recommended vaccines, including HPV and hepatitis B
🏃 Stay physically active and maintain a healthy weight
🍷 Avoid alcohol
🩺 Take part in recommended cancer screening and don’t ignore unusual changes in your body

Cancer also takes an emotional and financial toll: *more than half of people affected report mental health challenges, and at least 45% face financial hardship.*

❤️ Cancer is more than a diagnosis. It affects people, families and entire communities.

🙏🏼 Where you live or what you earn should never determine whether you survive cancer.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news/item/08-07-2026-who-calls-for-urgent-action-as-new-cancer-cases-are-projected-to-nearly-double-by-2050

03/04/2026

7TH APRIL IS WORLD HEALTH DAY.

⚠️Not everything you see online about health is true.

🔬Misinformation spreads fast. But behind every vaccine, treatment and health breakthrough is one thing: *science.*

*This World Health Day, 7 April, stand with science*.

➡️ Choose facts over misinformation.
➡️ Share evidence-based information your community can trust.

💡Because *better information* leads to *better health decisions*.

Learn more about the World Health Day ➡️

Under the theme “Together for science”, this year’s observance launches a year‑long campaign celebrating the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants, and the planet.