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KEY MESSAGES The number of people living with unaddressed hearing loss and ear diseases is unacceptable. Timely action is needed to prevent and address hearing loss across the life course. …

World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event and the largest awareness campaign on that calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. It is celebrated on …

Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year. The first Rare Disease Day was celebrated in 2008 on 29 February, a ‘rare’ date that happens only …

The International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) is a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors and …

The numerous international days, weeks and years are observed globally in the field of health to raise awareness and advocate in particular diseases or health conditions. Various global health awareness …

The 73rd World Health Assembly, through its decision to strengthen Code implementation and to designate 2021 as the YHCWs reflects a collective vision on the health and care workforce. During the …

World Cancer Day 2021: I Am And I Will! Together, all of our actions matter. World Cancer Day, every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union …

Iodine Month National Iodine Month has been celebrated in February each year to raise awareness on the use of two child-logo salt for optimum iodine intake to combat iodine deficiency …

Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by COVID-19. It is easy to overlook other diseases, especially a disease such …

World Leprosy Day 2021 #BeatLeprosy The World Leprosy Day (WLD) takes place on the last Sunday of January worldwide except India. In India, WLD is celebrated on 30 January, the …