A week filming in Mongolia: local change-maker to bring global change.

A week filming in Mongolia: local change-maker to bring global change.: "Wrapping-up after a sensational week in Mongolia. Here to film a short-film for our recently-launched health advocacy initiative, we have spent the days profiling a young, inspiring, local, health change-maker – Byambaa.
NCDFREE is a global social movement against the world’s leading cause of death: NCDs (or Non-Communicable Diseases). Founded earlier this year, NCDFREE sets out to change the way societies world-wide think about diabetes, heart disease, cancers, lung diseases and mental health (NCDs)."

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Mongolia battles rise in western non-communicable diseases with fast track healthcare | WNN – Women News Network

Mongolia battles rise in western non-communicable diseases with fast track healthcare | WNN – Women News Network: "Not many nations better embody this concept, than Mongolia.
Working to produce a short educational film focusing on young, inspiring health change-makers working to address the leading cause of death (which might surprise you, is heart disease) in Mongolia, I can see Mongolia is at a serious, but exciting moment in history.
In the midst of a mining boom, with economic growth eclipsing most nations, Mongolia is in the middle of rapid economic, social, cultural and health transitions. Once a small town, its capital is one of the fastest growing urban centres in the world and now accounts for more than 60% of the nation’s 2.8 million population."

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Meet the sea buckthorn: Mongolia’s Super-plant | Ubpost News

Meet the sea buckthorn: Mongolia’s Super-plant | Ubpost News: "A legend tells how the ancient Greeks used sea buckthorn leaf in a diet for race horses, hence its botanical name “hippophae” – shiny horse. According to another legend, sea buckthorn leaves were the preferred food of Pegasus – the flying horse and were allegedly helpful in getting him airborne! The medicinal value was recorded as early as the 8th century in the Tibetan medical classic Rgyud Bzi. And to think, all I cared about is that it tasted good!
When I came to Mongolia, I expected to experience traditional beverages such as milk tea, airag, vodka and boiled aarts. Sea buckthorn was not on this list. Even though this plant is found in Russia, Canada and northern parts of China it has a traditional Mongolian character. The plant adapts itself to different climates and there are approximately thirty different forms of sea buckthorn, although there are characteristics that apply to all sea buckthorns regardless of geographical variation. Many of these characteristics present some obstacles to commerical harvest. As is typical in commercialization of crops, science is seeking to modifiy these characteristics to improve profitability."

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