“Branchiolitis” is a common lung disease and has been on the rise for the past month. Branchiolitis is the most common respiratory disease in children under three years of age. How it progresses: An infection attacks the small airways or airways called "gills", causing swelling or blockage. Symptoms: sign of increased work of breathing, congested nose, dry cough...

March 21 was World Down Syndrome Awareness Day, the theme was: We Can Do It. The “we” here is: the person with Down syndrome, their family and the community. "Trisomy" is not a disease, but a physical condition, caused by an increase in the number of "chromosome #21". Symptoms: muscular hypotonia, weak joints, intellectual disability…

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by "Koch's bacillus" or BK virus, which untreated patients transmit and spread through the air. The parts where the disease can appear in many forms: in the chest, in the lungs or externally, on the skin, in the bones, in the lymph nodes. Symptoms: 2 weeks of cough, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite, dizziness, fatigue, chest pain, bloody mucus. The duration of the treatment which is free is about six months.

There are nine divisions of the abdomen, so depending on the area where the pain is felt, the disease can vary. The ninth section: divided into three according to height, from under the chest to the hips, and also divided into three from the left side to the right; all central areas facing the navel are slightly larger. Abdominal pain is not a disease, but a symptom. Types of pain: stinging, heavy, stabbing, twisting...

The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth

At the end of its second General Assembly, held from 15 to 18 October 2024, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace sent a message to government officials at all levels, as well as to all Malagasy and all people of goodwill.

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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