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Self-Medication is referred as, using medicines without any prescription of a professional doctor. It is a leading problem in developing countries where people find it much cheaper to go own their own. These people usually don not know proper dosage of that particular medicine according to their age group and diagnosis of the disease they suffer from; however, it either causes an adverse effect on their health or even causes death in swear cases. According to a survey by World Bank and United Nations: " Unintentional poisonings kill 355 000 people throughout the year. In developing countries - where two thirds of these deaths occur - such poisonings are strongly associated with excessive exposure to, and inappropriate use of, toxic chemicals and pesticides present in occupational and/or domestic environments (1,2)." These practices are mostly in use due to lack of facilities available and lack of awareness to people. If they are properly provided with cheap and effici...

Although, the problems highlighted in  previous  article needs the attention of the Government but we at a personal level tried our best to ensure the livelihood of these people, whether by providing awareness or food and we were quit successful in our campaigns: First of all we gave speeches to the students of our school through the co-operation of the school management. They were welcomed warmly by all the students who realized the  intensity  of the problems and few of them even suggested solutions  which were highly respected by out team. Then, we took a round of the city and distributed leaflets in the public to increase their awareness about the topic. Although, few of them debated with us but due to our stronger knowledge claims we were able to convince them. #BeAware Like us on  Facebook !

Health and economy both are interlinked terms as downfall in economy causes poverty and people are not able to avail the basic facilities like food and medication. Subsequently, people in developing countries prefer self-medication and consulting unqualified doctors, also called " Hakeems " in local language, because they do not have enough resources to concern a professional doctor. It either causes an adverse effect on their health or even cause death in swear cases. "Unintentional poisonings kill 355 000 people throughout the year. In developing countries - where two thirds of these deaths occur - such poisonings are strongly associated with excessive exposure to, and inappropriate use of, toxic chemicals and pesticides present in occupational and/or domestic environments(1,2)." Moreover; most of the people in developing countries have to face starvation and malnutrition, because either people do not have food resources due to poor financial statement or...