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The World Mobile Phone Free Week is starting today! For some, if not most of us, the mere idea of a smartphone free day is almost unfathomable. However, we will be talking about our eyes’ health this month, so we would like to be all eyes on the impact of excessive smartphone use on our eyes, or more specifically, the impact, and solutions of smartphone use on our sight.

We are dedicating this month of February to ophthalmology ! However, love is blind, and we surely can’t take our eyes off of that special person on this February 14, made famous by a certain St.Valentine. Much less glamorous, however, are the medical issues that can come with love, especially sexually transmitted infections. Syphilis, gonorrhea, hepatitis, HIV, chlamydia, so many names that can have you shuddering, or on the other hand, leave you totally indifferent. Although neither panic nor indifference can help, a minimum of understanding and above all precaution is necessary if you are to protect yourself, and those you love.

As many countries at global level have started their vaccination campaigns, let’s have a quick overview of the different vaccines available to date. Although the campaign at national level is aimed at caregivers and front-line workers at this stage, it is interesting to know how vaccines work and what are the most used anti-covid vaccines as of now.

On this 8th of March 2021 two events are in the limelight, namely the upsurge in Covid-19 local transmission cases in the country, as well as the International Women's Day. We would thus like to emphasize the essential role of women in this Covid-19 era, in connection with the UN theme this year on the International Women's Day: " Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” by putting the light on some of the Bon Pasteur Clinic’s staff.

The International Nurses Day was celebrated globally this month. In an era where so much emphasis has been placed on the essential role played by nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic, let’s have a closer look at this celebration and its origins. On Nurses’ Day, which celebrates nurses’ contribution to the health care system, we are also focusing on two nurses from Clinique Bon Pasteur.

This week has seen the celebration of the World Health Day. What a great opportunity to pay tribute to people working in the health sector, especially in this global health crisis era. However, as tributes have been paid across the globe to medical staff, we would like to highlight the role of our non-medical staff as well, so essential to the clinic’s smooth running.

The World Secretaries Day has been celebrated in the United States for 70 years now. Historically, it has been celebrated as from the 1950s because of a shortage of qualified administrative staff in the post-war era. It aims at recognising the contribution of secretaries to the economy and attracting the labour force in this area. What a great opportunity to learn more about it with Francine Fanchette, who has been working in this field at Clinique Bon Pasteur for 26 years now.

This month we are diving into some aspects of the laboratory within Clinique Bon Pasteur’s premises, the RozarMedicalLaboratory Centre. It has been over twenty years that the laboratory has been established there, and regularly performs nearly all required medical tests.