The Society of Lifestyle Medicine of Nigeria (SOLONg) has stressed the need to integrate lifestyle medicine in the management of COVID-19 pandemic and obesity in the country.
Rebecca Ejifoma
Worried about the increase in glaucoma cases globally, Founder, Brookfield Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and President, Society of Lifestyle Medicine of Nigeria, Dr Ifeoma Monye has charged physicians, healthcare providers and advocates of lifestyle medicine to champion prevention and early detection as the most sustainable remedy against glaucoma.
The expert made this submission in a media release issued Friday to mark the World Glaucoma week from March 7 to 13, which is on the theme, ‘The World is Bright, Save Your Sight!’
With 2020 statistic showing that about 80 million people have glaucoma worldwide, and this number is expected to increase to over 111 million by 2040, Monye emphasised the need for Nigerians to go for regular eye test to save their sights.
Rebecca Ejifoma
The Founder, Brookfield Centre For Lifestyle Medicine, Dr Ifeoma Monye, has recognised and applauded the efforts of women leaders across the world, as she reminded women to continuously practice and preach self-care.
With the theme: Women in Leadership, Achieving an Equal Future in the COVID-19 world, she expressed, “I salute all women and in particular, all women in various capacities of leadership. The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a blow on women’s health and income.”
She conceded that women are the ones who nurture and take care of their families and households. According to her, as women leaders “we must remain at the forefront of creating women empowered workplaces and continue to persevere in standing up for what unites us.”