The global effort to eradicate polio is drawing ever closer to reality.
It will be a historic achievement: polio could be the second human disease to be eradicated throughout history. It’s a drive that has been taken up on the ground in metropolitan cities, barren deserts, snow-capped mountainsides and conflict affected areas as well as by governments, NGOs and private partnerships the world over.
In an effort to outline the major steps taken to bring polio the brink, the World Health Organization–a spearheading partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative–commissioned Edinburgh based production company Heehaw to produce a series of three animations, each focused on different steps in the eradication process. The animations detail the extensive polio surveillance system, the efforts made to reach every last child, and the steps taken to during a response to a polio outbreak.
Michael Welsh, Heehaw’s Senior Producer said:
“It has been a real honour working on this series with the World Health Organization. I think animation was a great route for the project, and we have enjoyed the challenge of developing universal, bold imagery from often complex processes, and helping to distil the eradication process for a general audience. The global effort to eradicate polio has involved a staggering amount of people across countless countries. To be able to contribute, in our modest way, has been hugely rewarding.”
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More information can be found about the effort to eradicate polio via Polio Global Eradication Inititiative: www.polioeradication.org
For more information about Heehaw please visit: http://www.heehaw.co.uk/
The Health Promotion Scheme is an exciting new partnership aimed at businesses across central Scotland launched by Scotland’s Health Charity, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS).
This innovative programme combines blood pressure screenings with individual lifestyle assessments and a choice of interactive workshops from a team of Health Promotion Specialists, to reduce the risk of chest, heart and stroke illness.
What’s on offer?
Blood pressure screening and lifestyle assessments
As well as checking blood pressure levels for staff, the Charity’s Health Promotion Specialists offer individual lifestyle assessments to raise awareness of risk factors and provide advice on how to reduce these by making healthier lifestyle choices.
Interactive workshops
There are fun and engaging sessions to equip staff with important healthy lifestyle messages
Support for staff-run health promotion activities
Further resources can be provided to support employees to run their own regular health and wellbeing groups.
“I enjoyed the fact I could get a blood pressure check without making an appointment and waiting at my GP outside of work hours” Workplace attendee.
What are the benefits?
By investing in the health and wellbeing of employees, businesses benefit by seeing an increase in staff productivity and morale, as well as a decrease in staff absence and turnover.
How you can get involved?
In return for this service, you can work in partnership with CHSS to raise funds to support people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions across Scotland.
Ideas include:
- Choosing CHSS as your ‘Charity of the Year’
- Organising fundraising events in your workplace
- Entering CHSS fundraising events – individually or as corporate teams
- Promoting payroll giving
- Encouraging staff or colleagues to volunteer for us
To find out more: www.chss.org.uk/healthpromotion
or call George Grierson or Laura Hastings on 0131 225 6963
Boxes. There seems to be a plethora of boxes everywhere, particularly when it comes to health. Fill in this form, tick these boxes, oh and those boxes, and in order for us to really understand your condition, best you tick the boxes that best describe you…!!!
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