Sherlina Nageer

The Ministry of Education, in partnership with Banks DIH Limited, recently launched a national skipping rope contest intended to increase levels of physical activity among schoolchildren in Guyana.

The beginning of a new year is generally a time of reflection and resolution making.

Unbeknownst to many, an epidemic is destroying humanity. It’s particularly virulent in December – the season of ‘giving’.

I have been lucky thus far in my life; I’ve never experienced any sexual violence.

For the past several weeks, I have been seeing pink fabric wrapped around the trees on Camp Street.

I would like to start this column by stating that Ebola is not the biggest problem the world currently faces.

As mentioned in a previous column, healthy eating is crucial to our well-being.

There is a tendency among people, all over the world, to defer to doctors and other healthcare practitioners.

Healthy Eating (Part 1)A lot of people right now are worried about Chikungunya- the mosquito-borne viral illness that causes fever, rashes, and joint pain.

There are some species in the natural world where individuals of either gender can reproduce.

Introduction Starting today, Stabroek News will publish a biweekly column by Sherlina Nageer on various wellness-related issues, including sexual, reproductive, women, and children’s health, nutrition, primary health care, alternative and traditional medicine, chronic diseases, as well as issues around training, monitoring and evaluation, health policy and education among other areas.