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COVID-19 and Mental Health

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  COVID-19 and the mental health implications The COVID-19 Pandemic hit us hard last year and much of the world's population was still coping when the second wave hit us a year later. We all know about the physical health implications of COVID-19 but many ignore the other side of the coin, which is mental health. Mental health is not a topic that should be overlooked especially in this time of the pandemic. Fear, worry, and stress are normal responses to perceived or real threats, and at times when we are faced with uncertainty or the unknown. So it is normal and understandable that people are experiencing fear in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Added to the fear of contracting the virus in a pandemic such as COVID-19 are the significant changes to our daily lives as our movements are restricted in support of efforts to contain and slow down the spread of the virus. Faced with new realities of working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack of
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Poverty: What it looks like in the future

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  The world is experiencing a tipping point in its fight against poverty. By 2022, more than half of the world’s people living in extreme poverty will be living in fragile states, according to projections by  World Data Lab . There are currently 39 fragile states that the  World Bank classifies  as “countries with high levels of institutional and social fragility” and “affected by violent conflict.” They are home to almost 1 billion people, 335 million of which lived in extreme poverty in 2020. Projections by the World Data Lab’s  World Poverty Clock  suggest that by 2030, there will be 359 million people living in extreme poverty in today’s fragile states, representing 63 percent of the world’s poor. This means that while most stable countries can anticipate the end of extreme poverty, more than a third of the population in fragile states will live in extreme poverty. Figure 1. Poverty is declining in most countries, not in fragile states TWO FRAGILE COUNTRIES ARE AND WILL BE THE FOCA
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Monophobia, and how it affects today's generation

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What is autophobia? Autophobia, or monophobia, is the fear of being alone or lonely. Being alone, even in a usually comforting place like home, can result in severe anxiety for people with this condition. Autophobia is an irrational anxiety that develops when a person fears they may end up alone. While there may not be an actual threat of being alone, the person will still be unable to control their symptoms. The person may be unable to function normally until they no longer feel alone. When they’re alone, they may feel a desperate need to end their solitude as soon as they can. This includes several discrete fears which may or may not share a common cause, like the fear of:  Being apart from a particular person  Being home alone Being in public by yourself Feeling isolated or ignored Experiencing danger while alone Living alone Loneliness Solitude Monophobia is also known as autophobia, eremophobia, and isolophobia. Monophobia is a specific phobia, meaning it involves the fear of a ce
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