7 IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS

Sports play important role in promoting  gender  equality and empower women ,reducing child mortality ,reduce poverty and hunger  and can play an important role in combating HIV and AIDS ,malaria and malaria .The following are 7 explained importance of sports  in global community .

1)REDUCING POVERTY AND HUNGER

Sports reduce lifestyle –related conditions  which can prevent people from working and or imposing health care costs through :increased physical activity levels ,sports –based public education and social mobilization campaigns in support of prevention and vaccination initiatives  and sport programs are successful in reducing health risk behaviours .

2)REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

Sports contribute in reduction of child deaths and disability from measles ,malaria and polio as a result of sports –based vaccination and prevention campaigns .

3)PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN

Sports play an important role in improving health and well –being for girls and women through physical activity and access to health information through sport based programs .

4)IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

Sporting programs help in increased access to reproductive and sexual   health information discussion  and services for women and girls .Sports also reduce the risk of adolescent pregnancy in sport participants in some contexts .

5)COMBAT HIV AND AIDS  ,MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

Risk of HIV infection is reduced as a result of sport programs aimed at prevention education and improving health risk behavior. Sports  also reduce stigma and improve health  for some people living with HIV and AIDS , contributing to their increased social and economic inclusion .It contribute in increased vaccination rates for measles and polio and increase  reach and effectiveness of malaria ,tuberculosis  and other education and prevention campaigns .

6) DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP  FOR DEVELOPMENT

Global partnerships  to leverage elite and mass sport events and high – profile  athletes to promote positive health messages .

7) ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY  EDUCATION

Sports increase health and physical fitness of primary school children .It reduce school absenteeism through :increased physical activity  and sport based health and disease prevention education for children and families

Sports  and physical activities play an important role in the community and should be taken seriously .The above 7 importance of sports  highlight  the need  to participate in sports for all members of the global community.