The role of emergency health services in disasters

Disasters, depending on their type and magnitude, result in various levels of morbidity

and mortality. Except earthquakes that produce special demands, the number of disaster

victims requiring medical care is usually low. The demand for curative care is highest

during the acute emergency stage, when the affected population is most vulnerable to the

new environment and before basic public health measures such as water, sanitation and

shelter have been implemented. Afterwards, the priority should shift to preventive

measures that can improve the overall health of the displaced population dramatically.

Disasters call for a coordinated response between curative and preventive health services,

including food supply, water and sanitation. To minimise mortality and morbidity, it is

also necessary to organise the relief response according to three levels of preventive

health measures.

Primary prevention is the ultimate goal of preventive health care. It aims to prevent the

transmission of disease to generally healthy populations by using the following actions:

·       Promoting healthy practices;

·       Implementing public health measures that reduce a population’s exposure to risk

factors such as ensuring a safe drinking water supply to prevent diarrhoea, an

adequate food supply to minimise malnutrition and distributing mosquito nets to

prevent malaria.

·       Conducting medical interventions such as chemo-prophylactics against malaria and

measles immunisation.

Secondary prevention identifies and treats as early as possible diseased people to

prevent the infection from progressing to a more serious complication or death. This is

done using the following:

·       Alleviating symptoms of diseases such as giving Oral Rehydration Solution early to a

child with diarrhoea to prevent dehydration and possible death; and

·       Curing patients with diseases through early detection and treatment of TB, dysentery,

etc.

Tertiary prevention reduces permanent damage from disease such as a patient being

offered rehabilitative services to lower the effects of paralysis due to polio or land mine

injuries. you can get more health information through this link: http://healthee.pk/

Habits of healthy weight loss

Are your BMI and weight circumference putting you at risk? The task of reaching a healthy weight is challenging because, unlike smoking or drinking alcohol, we have to eat. Yet if we stop looking at dieting as a thing we do to ourselves, but instead focus on creating a healthy weight to support the healthy person we become, it is a much easier undertaking. It is a key habit of health and worthy of your immediate attention and focus.
The literature is full of statistics and studies that support the importance of reaching a healthy
weight and lifestyle in preventing disease and creating long-term health.
The great news is that by reducing your weight by 10 percent, you lower your risk for disease
almost 50 percent. And the even better news, if you are overweight, is that I’m now your personal
coach and I am very good at helping people lose weight (and even better at helping them keep it off
through the habits of health).
Your energy management
Everyone comes into this world with specific genetic programming. You can thank your parents for
whether that has helped or hurt you to this point. Genetics has probably had some effect on how well your body processes food and energy, as well as how much muscle mass you have. If you had
overweight parents, you have a greater tendency to also be overweight. If you had skinny, tall parents, you are likely to be skinny and tall. However, that’s not always the case, and it’s not necessarily your destiny. The truth is that approximately 70 percent of your current weight is determined by how well you have managed your energy until now.
Your energy management system is an amazing system of checks and balances that can equalize
weight over a wide range of conditions. Unfortunately, in modern life, our schedules and lifestyles do not allow it to do its job of increasing your activity or decreasing your caloric intake to maintain that balance. So that extra one hundred calories a day that come from one can of soda, one extra cookie, one afternoon candy bar, or one extra piece of pizza translates to an energy imbalance that, over a year, adds an additional five pounds of excess fat to our bellies. The insidious fat creep as a result of our obesegenic world is here to stay. Over two-thirds of us are currently the struggling casualties, with more on the way. Many are continually looking for help.
Many people give weight-loss advice. Most think they are experts on diets. They have tried most
diets and are always ready to tell you what works and what doesn’t. What I have found is that almost everybody giving you advice is trying to get you to either eat less or exercise more. Some try to get you to focus solely on your diet, saying that energy-dense food cannot be overcome with exercise alone. They are right. But long-term weight loss cannot be maintained without increasing activity.
Some say that exercise is the key to long-term success, because although you may lose weight
slowly, you have a better chance of keeping it off. They are right too. But the packed gym in January is empty by the Ides of March. Where have all the people gone?
If you do not lose significant weight on a diet or with exercise, chances are you will get discouraged and not continue long enough to discover whether it works for the long term. There is a very simple solution: create safe and effective weight loss by reducing your energy intake, thus creating results that are observable and self-motivating. Add in progressive movement as you feel better and have more energy, and find a balance over time between your eating and your movement that is sustainable for the rest of your life. you can get more health information through this link: http://healthee.pk/

How to loose weight in weeks

Obesity is a common problem throughout the world and Pakistani is no exception. Women suffer from it the most since they do minimal physical work with rarely any routine for exercise. On top of that, women often quit job as they become mothers, giving them minimal time to think about their increasing size of belly. However, there is nothing to worry. It is easy to reduce weight with all the research being done in the weight loss industry. Here are some pointers to help you lose weight while staying healthy.

·       Pick an exercise plan before you even think about using any medication or diet plans. If you don't exercise, you won't be able to slim down despite your hard work. You will need to spend at least 30 minutes on exercise everyday to burn the additional fats.

·       Apart from exercise, you will need to control your diet, reducing fat intake to a minimum. You will also need to know how many calories you're consuming each day. You should keep your calorie intake to a healthy level according to your body-mass index (BMI). If you don't know about your body mass index, then find out your weight and height. Put both the values in the formula for knowing your BMI.

·       Exercise and diet are two of the most important things for weight loss regimes but it doesn't mean you don't have to do anything else. You will need to bring positive changes to your lifestyle so that your unhealthy habits go away. Avoid eating junk food, stop consuming alcohol, avoid smoking at all costs, and try to perfect your sleep patterns. All these things are going to help you become healthy while losing weight.

·       Try some herbal products to boost your weight loss campaign. You can try herbal tea as its known to work well when used with exercise. It will burn fat making you slim over time. you can get more health information through this link: http://healthee.pk/

Amrati recipe with a refreshing drink

Today I am sharing a common recipe “amrati” and a delicious shake “Mango lassi”. Enjoy these recipes in Holy month of Ramadan and feel healthy and refreshed.

Amrati Recipe

Amrati is also known as “Jalebi”. Jalebi is a very tasty sweet dish of Sub-continent and very popular in Pakistan. Amrati is also used as iftar recipe and prepared mostly on special occasions. Here is the complete method of preparing Amrati:

Ingredients

Water                                                 Two cups

Yogurt                                                One cup

Sugar                                                  One cup

Baking powder                                 half spoon only

Self raising flour                               2 and ¼ cups

Three saffron stands

Orange food coloring

Rose water                                       one table spoon

Vegetable oil                                    1 cup only

Instructions

Separate flour and baking powder with the help of sieve three to four times

In another bowl make a mixture of food color, saffron and yogurt

Now mix yogurt mixture into sieved flour and baking powder, now leave this batter for two hours.

Get a pan, add two cup water, rose water and sugar in the pan and put it on the stove till the sugar melted and the color of the syrup turn to golden.

Now pour the batter in the ketchup distributor.

Now heat the oil and pour batter from ketchup dispenser in the heated oil in circle shape. Now fry it for two minutes till the color turns to golden

Take away from heat and put it in the prepared golden syrup for five minutes

Amrati is ready, now serve it.

Mango Lassi:

I am not specifying amount of the ingredient, you can vary it according to the quantity you want to prepare. The thing that I recommend is that you must take all the ingredients as much as fresh possible because it affect on the quality of shake.

Ingredients:

1. Milk
2. Yogurt
3. Mango pulp
4. Sugar to taste
5. Ice cubes as required

Method:

Find a food processor. Add milk, yogurt, mango pulp, sugar and ice cubes in the blender and blend them well until the mixture become soft and creamy. Now you can serve it with some fruits.

Note: The recipes mentioned above are not for the diabetic patients. If you are a diabetic patient then don’t try these recipes. You can get sugar free recipes through this link: http://www.sugarfreedessertsrecipes.org/

Delicious Burgers for this Eid

You may hear and read about a lot of difficult burger recipes, but we are giving you an easy recipe of potato and chicken burger in this article. Potato and chicken burger makes a filling snack either for iftaar or as a complete meal for Ramadan dinner.

Chicken and Potato Burger with Chutney:

Ingredients of Green Chutney:

• Tamarind pulp                                  ½ cup
• Whole red chilies                             4 medium
• Garlic                                                  3 cloves
• Mint leaves                                       1 tablespoon
• Coriander leaves                              1 tablespoon
• Cumin powder                   1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Ingredients of Chicken and Potato Burger:

• Chicken mince                   200 grams
• Potato mashed                                2 medium size
• Red chili powder                              1 teaspoon
• Red chili flakes                  1 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder    1 teaspoon
• Lemon juice                                      4 tablespoons
• Mint leaves                                       1 tablespoon (chopped)
• Coriander leaves                              1 tablespoon (chopped)
• Green chilies                                     2 medium size (chopped)
• Plain flour                                          1 cup
• Bread crumbs                                   1 cup
• Tomato ketchup as required
• Tomato slices as required
• Cucumber slices as required
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Put chicken mince, 2 tablespoons oil, red chili powder, red chili flakes, garam masala, salt and 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a pan and cook until chicken become soft then dry the mixture. And let it cool.
• Take a bowl put mashed potatoes, chicken mince mixture, mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chilies, 2 tablespoons lemon juice and salt in it and mix it well.
• Now make the medium size kababs of potato mixture.
• Roll the kababs in plain flour then in bread crumbs.
• Repeat this procedure with all the kababs in the same way.
• In a fry pan add some oil and shallow fry all the kababs until golden brown.

Method to Prepare Chutney:

Pour tamarind pulp, red chilies, garlic, cumin powder and salt in a pan and cook for 10 minutes on low flame. Then pour this tamarind mixture, mint and coriander leaves in a blender and blend well. Your chutney is ready.

How to get ready burgers:

• Slice the buns in half and butter both sides and toast them until golden.
• Spread tamarind chutney on the half bun then lettuce leaves, cucumber slices and tomato slices on it.
• Place potato and chicken kabab on it then pour some tomato ketchup on kabab.
• Put the other half of the bun over it and serve immediately.
• Make all the burgers in this way and serve them hot with French fries.

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Sweet Recipes

During summer, everyone wants to eat something sweet and cold. You have tried many recipes again and again. Do you want something new? Here we are sharing some recipes that you have not seen in the past. I recommend that you must try these recipes.

Vanilla Fudge

Ingredients

Sugar                                                  two cups

Sour cream                                       half cup

Corn syrup                                         less than half cup

Butter                                                 one table spoon

Vanilla extracts                                three table spoons

Walnuts                                             one cup (chopped)

Salt to taste

Instructions

Get a pan and add sugar, sour cream, butter and corn syrup in it. Now start cooking it on low heat and let it cook for 10 minutes. Now add salt in the pan and cook for 10 on medium heat.

The temperature of the pan has to reach 230 degrees during the cooking.

Now remove the pan from heat and let it cool for some time.

Add vanilla extract when it becomes cool at room temperature and mix it quite well.

Now add chopped walnuts in the pan and stir it continuously.

Pour the mixture in a bowl and let it cool in the refrigerator for two hours.

Now cut it into triangle shape and the delicious vanilla fudge is ready to serve.

Persian chocolate truffle tart

Ingredients

Double cream                                   1/4 liter

White chocolate                              ¼ kg (cut into small pieces)

Butter                                                 50 gram

Rose water                                       two table spoon

Honey                                                one table spoon

Saffron                                               one pinch

Pistachios                                          two spoons

Instructions

Add cream in the pan and boil it on medium heat. Remove from heat before it starts boiling.

Add butter and white chocolate in the pan while stirring continuously until it melts.

Add the saffron, rose water and honey in it.

Pour this mixture in the bowl and add pistachios in it. Put this bowl in the refrigerator for two hours.

After two hours, remove it from the refrigerator and mix it well for three minutes with electric mixer.

Again put this bowl in fridge for two hours.

After two hours, remove the bowl from refrigerator and mix again for a second.

Now put this mixture in the pastry case and garnish it with gold dust or dry fruits.

Again return it to refrigerator for an hour.

The delicious chocolate pastry is ready to serve. You can serve it with tea or coffee.

Note: the upper given recipes contain high amount of sugar, so if are a diabetic patient then don’t try these recipes. You can search sugar free recipes here: http://www.sugarfreedessertsrecipes.org/ 

Meatloaf Recipe

This is the best meatloaf recipe that I have seen after a long time. It is so simple but yummy enough to use as an Iftar recipe. I hope you will agree with me if you try this out. Now I will come on the point, here are the ingredients required for the meatloaf: http://blush.com.pk/category/food/

Half pound pork

One pound beef

Half cup of celery, chopped

3 spoons of green bell pepper

One cup of bread crumbs

Half cup of parsley, chopped

One spoon of dried basil

One egg

Salt

Black pepper

Six peppered bacon slices

Method

Preheat oven on 350 degrees.

Combine all the ingredients except bacon, in a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to mix the ingredients well. Mix it well, until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.

Streak a plate or baking sheet that has sides with foil and pour the meatloaf mixture onto the foil. Shape into a loaf and cover with the peppered bacon slices.

Bake for approximately 1 and half hours. You should cook your meatloaf to the internal temperature of 170 degrees.

You may choose to serve the meatloaf with just the bacon on top or you can use any sauce like mushroom sauce with the meatloaf.