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Mental Health at Workplaces – Is Depression a thing in Tanzania? (Published in The Guardian – 05/04/2016)

My column today is prompted by an intriguing question I came across on the social media – “Is Depression a thing in Tanzania or is it laughed off as a foreign thing”? As reported by Dr Kaaya, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at MUHAS, an analysis of facility based data by diagnosis collected from 20 Regions in Tanzania from

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Wellness Program Trends – Health and Wellness Coaching (The Guardian – 29/03/2016

Experts believe that personal, one-to-one health coaching is an important part of a successful results-oriented employee wellness program. Why? Because they help people cope with preventable health risks and manage health cost. Employees who are obese, chronically stressed, or who over-use tobacco are more likely to suffer from health conditions like heart disease and diabetes – which can impact their

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Alcohol and Workplace Wellness – The Cost of Doing Nothing (The Guardian of 22/3/2016)

Alcohol abuse and addiction are problems that are not only close to home but close to workplace. Alcohol abuse has a huge negative impact on our nation’s businesses, large and small. Facts about alcohol and workplace issues Alcohol is a depressant drug that can slow down messages to and from the brain and body. Alcohol can effect problem solving skills,

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Can SMEs support Workplace Wellness? (The Guardian – 15/3/2016)

And the answer is ABSOLUTELY The Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA) reports that more than 95% of businesses in Tanzania are small enterprises, are contributing about 35% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and are responsible for generating up to 40% of total employment. In a recent interview with the Capital Television for their Business Edition,

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Health Costs – Why you should Care about Employee Wellness Program? (The Guardian 7/3/2016)

How Wellness Programs help Employers control healthcare expenses  Health care costs have been steadily rising for the past four decades and present a major challenge to employers. As a result, executing strategies to contain escalating health care costs has become a business imperative for today’s companies. Four key strategies used by Employers to control costs are: Reduce the number of

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Transform your Workforce

Marathon running is becoming popular across the globe because preparing and running a marathon helps individuals not only become healthier and fit, but also develop critical life skills and business skills. ImpactAfya, a Corporate Wellness Service Provider in East Africa is excited to launch its multi-dimensional Marathon Training package to promote healthy lifestyle, critical skills along with employee engagement and

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The Sitting Disease – An Occupational Hazard (The Guardian – 01/03/2016)

We hope you are having a terrific Tuesday. We want to share with you a question from one of our readers, who prefers anonymity – Why would a Company invest in staff wellness? Our response is – Why would a Company not invest in staff wellness, when research after research points to tremendous benefits? To quote Harvard Business Review –

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Are you Tracking Your Employee Absenteeism and Presenteeism??

Absenteeism forms 7% and presenteeism 58% of health care costs based on a composite of selected studies on Employee Health Related Costs according to the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation (SHRM). Check out my column titled “Corporate Wellness” on page 3 of  the Smart Money section in today’s Guardian, discussing why companies are implementing Wellness Programs to track and reduce employee

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Concluding the Session Series with Interact Club at H.O.P.A.C.

Last session of our series with Interact Club at H.O.P.A.C. We discussed Non-communicable diseases, risks of sedentary lifestyle and brain power…..”Healthy Body – Healthy Mind”…. The kids are planning to suggest a 5 min “Get Moving” break at start of each class at their own school and the public schools they support……Can’t wait to see this happen.

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