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Although in the oath of practice of the various health professions it is required that their primary consideration during practice be directed at the health of the patient, the International Code of medical ethics stipulates saving life as the duty of the doctor. In this paper the value of health as against life was examined in the light of professional responsibility. Conceptual analysis of health and value and their moral implications for professional practice was conducted. On the basis of the biology of human development and the theory of the creation of the human being, it was found that whereas health is the dimension of human well-being that ensures life, the value of health lies in the functionality of the individual or the utility of the health of the individual that possesses health and not its exchangeability. When health is considered and seen this way, it means that a sufficient optimum balance of human functioning between external and internal environment is what will be needed to design health policy objectives that can guarantee human well being and position health workers to be seen to be fulfilling their professional oath and calling.

This study aims to explore sports competitive anxiety among athletes and non-athletes. Sports competitive anxiety is characterized by heightened arousal, worry, and fear of failure in competitive sports settings. The causes, effects, and management strategies of sports competitive anxiety will be examined. Athletes experience pressure to perform well, fear of failure, and high expectations, while non-athletes may fear judgment and social comparison. Both groups may experience a decline in performance and enjoyment due to anxiety. To manage sports competitive anxiety, cognitive restructuring, relaxation techniques, goal setting, social support, and seeking professional help are suggested strategies. The study emphasizes the importance of addressing sports competitive anxiety for optimal performance and well-being in sports participation. Understanding the experiences of athletes and non-athletes can inform interventions to alleviate sports competitive anxiety and enhance the overall sports experience for individuals involved.

Background: Globally, Closures of schools to mitigate the increase of COVID-19 have caused unprecedented disruption for nearly 1.6 billion school going children across the globe. Those affected the most are adolescent girls extremely in developing countries and the poorest households. Methods: Cross-sectional, quasi-representative survey of pre-post analysis, using a randomized sample from the adolescent girls in public primary schools. In total, 48 school administrators (24 head teachers and 24 deputy head teachers) and 14,917 pupils from 24 public primary schools in north rift region of Kenya. Therefore, the study population will be 30 administrators and 2378 adolescent girls in public primary schools in Uasin Gishu County of Kenya in 2021 and 2022. A sample size of 343 was assumed as the proportion suitable for this study using stratified random sampling techniques. Results: Majority were in the age bracket of 11-14 years old accounting for 174 (74.0%) compared to 61 (26.0%). Those in class 7 were the majority represented by 100 (42.6%); class 6 accounted for 87 (22.2%) while class 8 accounted for 48 (20.4%). The COVID- 19 containment guidelines were largely violated among the adolescent girls, which is a confirmation of behaviour change and lack of observation of prevention and control measures. not able to have increased access to economic opportunities, better health outcomes or useful, empowering knowledge, attitude and skills due to COVID- 19 Pandemic disruptions to key socioeconomic factors that support various families with composite mean score of (1.58, S,D .858) indicating strong disagreement with all the fifteen items that measured state of COVID- 19 outbreak impacts on wellbeing of adolescent girls. The findings showed that the Pearson’s correlation between COVID- 19 pandemic containment guidelines and the wellbeing of adolescent girls is [R =-0.624, p = 0.000], wellbeing and lockdown measure [R = 0.966, p = 0.000], stay at home measure [R = 0.921, p = 0.000], group gathering restrictions measure [R = 0.926, p = 0.000] and COVID- 19 Pandemic [R = 0.832, p = 0.000], showing a statistically significant bivariate association between the independent and dependent variables. Increased COVID- 19 Pandemic containment guidelines led to greater disruptions of basics of wellbeing environment. School closure had -0.718; Lockdown measure indicated -0.802; stay at home -0.679; while group gathering restrictions showed -0.812 all revealing significant bivariate associations with wellbeing of adolescent girls all explaining 53.2% of the wellbeing dimensions in this paper [R2 = 0.532, p = 0.000, ß = 0.615, t =5.857, ?= 0.000]. Therefore, the hypothesis that “hypothesis that COVID-19 pandemic restriction guidelines do not affect wellbeing of adolescent girls” is rejected and concluded that there is an effect of COVID -19 pandemic restriction guidelines on wellbeing of adolescent girls among the public primary schools. Conclusions: COVID -19 pandemic restriction guidelines has greater negative effects on wellbeing of adolescent girls among the public primary schools. Adolescent girls experienced disrupted fundamental acquisition, access, distribution and delivery of education, health, economic empowerment, all gender-based-violence forms, water-sanitation-hygiene, conflicts-emergency-humanitarian-settings, as well as adolescent girls’ intersecting needs leading to declining state of wellbeing.