International Health Days

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International Universal Health Coverage Day:
Launched by WHO in 2015 to recognize UHC's importance in achieving health for all. It encourages global action for accessible quality healthcare.
Launched by WHO in 2015 to recognize UHC's importance in achieving health for all. It encourages global action for accessible quality healthcare.
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World Red Cross Day 2006 - 8/May/2006
Measles is a leading cause of childhood death in India and the rest of the world. The mortality and morbidity associated with this highly contagious disease is particularly more in the developing and underdeveloped countries where access to health ...World Hemophilia Day 2006 - 17/Apr/2006
Birth defects can be defined as abnormalities of either structure, function or body metabolism present from the time of birth. It can be associated with varying degrees of mental and physical retardation. At times, it can be fatal to the survival of ...World Health Day 2006 - 7/Apr/2006
The World Health Day is celebrated on the 7th of April every year. The theme of the World Health Day this year is to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. The slogan for World Health Day ...World Tuberculosis Day 2006 - 24/Mar/2006
Tuberculosis remains one of the public health challenges of the 21st century in developing countries. Although most Americans feel that TB is a disease of the past, TB claims a valuable human life, every six seconds, worldwide. Nearly one-third of ...World Head Injury Awareness Day 2006 - 20/Mar/2006
No head injury is small enough to ignore or large enough to cope with! Phineas Gage, a 25 year old, railway construction man was a quiet, well mannered, enthusiastic young man in pursuit of his dreams, until it all happened in 1848. The ...International Womens Day 2006 - 8/Mar/2006
Pregnancy is a time of great joy and expectation as both the expectant mother and her family prepare themselves to welcome the newcomer. Some women however are not able to experience the bliss due to several constraints , and end up with nothing ...Pregnancy Awareness Week 2006 - 12/Feb/2006
Are You Pregnant & Physically Abused? Dont Suffer in Silence! Physical abuse accounts for a majority of the pregnancy complications. Unbelievable? Believe It! 15 to 25% of all pregnant women are being subjected to physical abuse, according ...Condom Awareness Week 2006 - 9/Feb/2006
A previously unknown immunodeficiency disease was discovered by scientists about twenty-five years ago, which came to be known broadly as AIDS. Ever since, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS, has spread dangerously, taking the world by ...World Cancer Day 2006 - 4/Feb/2006
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. Edward Abbey Hereditary breast cancer accounts for nearly 5 to 10 % of all breast cancers. Kylie Minogue (Singer), Elle Macpherson (supermodel), Anastasia (Ballad Queen), Sam Taylor ...Leprosy Day 2006 - 31/Jan/2006
'The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.' - Mother Teresa World Leprosy Day, which falls on 31st January 2007, is a day to increase public awareness about ...World Disability Day 2006 - 3/Dec/2005
Ensuring equal opportunities for Disabled Individuals Thomas Alva Edison was born on Feb 11, 1847 in a middle class family. Edison has an unusually large head and skull other developmental disabilities such as hearing loss and speech ...Advertisement