Greetings MED-Hive community!
HAPPY NEW MONTH TO EVERYONE!
Hello everyone! We welcome you once again, to the Med-hive community Monthly Theme Reveal Post for Health Promotion, Awareness and Discussions. As this community's main objective, members have the opportunity to join and share knowledge, and practical tips and answer questions about the theme of the month.
We all want to learn and grow with this community this month, as we write about a chosen area of focus. Please, feel free to do as many posts as you want about the topic throughout the month even outside the weekly prompts. We aim to open health discussions regarding our topic and the more the merrier!
Medicine has myriads of things to write about, considering the different points of view from the various health professionals or even non-professionals, everyone has a health experience. Thus, you have the opportunity to glean from them and expand your horizons about our topic for the month, here on the wonderful Hive Blockchain.
Let's get the knowledge flowing, shall we?
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The theme of this month is - DIABETES AWARENESS
A HEAVY BURDEN
Diabetes Mellitus (aka DM) is a chronic condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Its complications can cause significant burdens on individuals, families, healthcare systems and society as a whole. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2021, an estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes.
Now - that's a lot of people! Sadly, this number is expected to increase to 578 million by 2030.
The complications of diabetes can affect many organs and systems in the body, including the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and cardiovascular system. These complications can lead to blindness, kidney failure, neuropathy and an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. They also contribute to reduced quality of life, decreased productivity and increase in healthcare costs.
The burden of diabetes and its complications is significant, both in terms of human suffering and economic impact as well. According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2019, the global healthcare expenditure on diabetes was estimated to be 760 billion USD$ and this figure is projected to increase to 825 billion USD$ by 2030.
Prevention and management of diabetes and its complications require a comprehensive and integrated approach that involves individuals, healthcare providers and policymakers. It includes measures such as promoting healthy lifestyles, early detection and diagnosis, effective treatment and access to affordable and quality care.
With this being said, the MED-HIVE community thought it is an important subject to discuss and more importantly, a topic to raise awareness about.
Therefore, it's now officially the beginning of the month theme!
In the following days and weeks, we will launch weekly challenges with prizes to be won, so make sure to pay attention to the 
Throughout April we will be having 4 weekly prompts.
More information about the first weekly prompt will come out on Monday the 3rd of April and the next ones will come out on their respective Mondays as well. Therefore, the 2nd weekly prompt post will come out on April 10th, the 3rd weekly prompt on April 17th and the 4th will go live on April 24th. These next posts will have information explaining the rules and the topic for the week as well as the prizes at stake!
Stay tuned and don't miss a thing!
MED-HIVER OF THE MONTH
We have given a little tick in our reward pool for the month and now our beloved members have the opportunity and honour to be elected MED-HIVER of the month! Not only you'll get the title but also some amazing HIVE rewards:
- 10 HIVE will be awarded to the MED-HIVER of the month. Courtesy of
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👉 To be elected MED-HIVER OF THE MONTH, all you have to do is simply:
- Follow the rules of the community
- Subscribe to MED-Hive community
- Join our Discord Channel and register if you are a health professional
- Engage within the community through comments and supporting others
Participate in ALL weekly prompts for the month
👉 All these steps must be followed to be eligible for the rewards
We will take into account engagement levels, writing quality, level of evidence, readability of the content, relevance for the month's topic, creativity and if you followed all the rules. A post announcing the winner will be made in the first week of the next month and prizes will be distributed. There will also be honourable mentions with a summary of good-quality posts that we believe deserve your support and sharing.
Important Notes & Rules
Posts are welcome from everyone in and out of the community, everyone is welcome to join this prompt. What experiences do you have? What research can you share? Feel free to express yourself about this. Write your post around the focus area in a way that will:
Enlighten the community.
Equip readers to make healthy decisions.
Correct harmful health practices.
Encourage healthy practices.
Create and promote necessary health awareness.
The post should contain:
- An English translation if written in a native language.
- If any external material or resource is used in the post, it should be well cited and ensure proper images tailored to your post are used and rightly sourced.
- If references are used, place the link of each one at the end of your post, in a way it's easily accessible.
- The use of the following tag: #medhive
Remember to engage with others' posts and let's make the community lively. Kindly share your post on Twitter with the #medhive and #posh tags. Make sure your account is registered, giving you the possibility to earn posh tokens and also spread the word of Hive to the community on Twitter.
Let's not forget the most important rule of all:
Plagiarism is not tolerated, you are solely responsible to confirm your information and source your references properly.
Join us on Discord
If you are a health professional (med-member)
Becoming a registered member is a way to ensure scrutiny of information and credential in order to keep our readers safe from harmful information. We ask all health professional members to join our Discord Channel so you can complete the registration process there and get your role assigned. We will be available if you need any assistance.
If you are a non-medical member
Non-medical members are also encouraged to join the Community and Discord. You will get a non-med role assigned and more importantly, you'll join in the fun! We welcome posts meeting the requirements of the community from you too.
Final notes
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Lastly, we want to appreciate the community admins and mods, 
Have fun and learn! We look forward to hearing from you all.
Useful resources and links for this month's theme:
- World Health Organization (WHO) - Diabetes
- IDF - Diabetes Atlas
- International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
