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World Obesity Day: The Roots of Obesity Run Deep World Obesity Day is marked globally on 4 March. World Obesity Day (WOD) was launched in 2015 as an initiative of the World …

World Hearing Day 2020! Hearing for life: don’t let hearing loss limit you On World Hearing Day 2020, WHO highlights that timely and effective interventions can ensure that people with …

International Condom Day: Safer is Sexy! International Condom Day is created by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and celebrated each year on February 13th (the day before Valentine’s Day), came about …

World Cancer Day 2020: ”I Am and I Will” #WorldCancerDay World Cancer Day every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). …

World Leprosy Day is observed annually on the last Sunday in January. The goal for World Leprosy Day is to raise the awareness of a disease that many people believe …

Message for World Leprosy Day – WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination 24 January 2020  Statement from Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination    On the occasion of …

World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day: Beat NTDs: For Good. For All. World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day is an international awareness day for NTDs. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a …

2020: International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife The World Health Assembly, The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, in …

International Universal Health Coverage Day: Keep the Promise! On 12 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) …