World Health Days in the month of July
28 th July - World Hepatitis Day: It's Time for Action
World Hepatitis Day, observed annually on July 28th, is a global health initiative aimed at raising awareness about viral hepatitis, a silent killer affecting millions worldwide. The day serves as a platform to educate the public, healthcare ...31st July - World Breastfeeding Week: Making A Difference For Working Parents
World Breastfeeding Week, supported by WHO, UNICEF, and various health ministries and civil society partners, aims to address the challenges faced by women who must choose between breastfeeding and pursuing their careers. This year's theme focuses ...8 th July - World Population Day 2023 - It is Time to Focus on Population Issues
World Population Day, which will be held on July 11, 2023, aims to draw attention to the pressing nature and significance of global population issues. The event serves as a platform to underscore the necessity of finding effective solutions to the ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2022 – ‘Bringing Hepatitis Care Closer to You’
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is celebrated annually on July 28th, on the birthday of Dr. Baruch Blumberg. Dr. Blumberg discovered the hepatitis B virus in 1967, and 2 years later he developed the first hepatitis B ...23 th July - International Self-Care Day 2022 – ‘Promise to Practice Self-Care’
International Self-Care Day 2022 celebrated on 24th July is an annual event that highlights self-care practices and the benefits that effective self-care can bring to both individuals and healthcare ...11 th July - World Population Day 2022 — Marching Toward a Resilient Future for All
World Population Day 2022, celebrated on July 11, focuses on the urgency and importance of population issues. The day also highlights the need to solve issues related to a growing ...29 th July - World ORS Day – ORS Prevents and Treats Dehydration Effectively
World ORS (oral rehydration salt) Day is observed on the 29th July every year. This day aims to raise awareness about using ORS, as a safe and effective measure to prevent and treat dehydration and related deaths, especially in infants and ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2019
World Hepatitis Day is being celebrated on 28th July every year. The date 28th July was chosen for celebrating World Hepatitis Day to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Baruch Blumberg, who won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for ...24 th July - International Self-Care Day – Treat Yourself to Better Health
International Self-Care Day (ISD) is observed on the 24th July each year and aims to raise awareness about the importance of taking care of our own health to be more productive, as well as to be in a better position to help others and the society at ...11 th July - World Population Day: ‘The World is Not Enough’
World Population Day will be observed all over the world on 11th July. This year 2019 marks 30 years of celebrating World Population Day. The annual celebration of World Population Day includes numerous activities and events around the globe to ...27 th July - World Hepatitis Day - ‘Test. Treat. Hepatitis’
World Hepatitis Day is observed annually on 28th July ...24 th July - International Self-Care Day 2018
The International Self-Care Foundation started recognizing ISD to encourage self-care as a vital foundation of health. It provides a media-friendly forum and a focus for individuals or groups to promote self-care by themselves in their organization ...11 th July - World Population Day 2018
World Population Day is an international campaign observed all over the world on the 11th July to raise awareness and address issues related to rising global ...30 th July - End Human Trafficking -- World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2017
Trafficking in persons is a form of human trade and slavery - one of the most reprehensible crimes against ...29 th July - World ORS Day 2017
ORS day is celebrated to highlight the importance of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and its significance in the treatment of ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2017
World Hepatitis Day 2017 is observed to raise awareness about hepatitis, a group of infectious diseases that leads to an inflammation of the ...24 th July - International Self-Care Day 2017
The International Self-Care Day (ISD) is celebrated each year on 24th July to raise awareness on the importance of self-care in day-to-day life. ...23 th July - World Sjögren's Day 2017
The World Sjögren's Day (pronounced “show grins”) is observed on 23rd July every year. It was established by the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation, which is involved in the research, education and awareness about the autoimmune ...11 th July - World Population Day 2017-- Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations
World Population Day is an United Nations initiative celebrated on 11th July every ...1st July - National Doctor’s Day 2017 - Medicines Cure But A Doctor Heals
National Doctor's Day in India is observed every year on 1st July, which also happens to be the birthday of the renowned Bengali doctor and Bharat Ratna (the highest Indian civilian award) awardee Dr B. C. ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2016: “Know Hepatitis. Act Now”
The theme for the World Hepatitis Day 2016 is Elimination, and the slogan is Know Hepatitis. Act Now. World Hepatitis Day 2016. which is being celebrated on the 28 July 2016 highlights the importance of eliminating the disease with preventive ...11 th July - World Population Day 2016: “Investing in Teenage Girls”
World Population Day 2016 aims to focus on “Investing in Teenage Girls”. The theme highlights challenges such as early marriage, early motherhood, reproductive rights and adolescent pregnancy. ...1st July - National Doctor’s Day 2016
Bidhan Chandra Roy is a legendary doctor who attained a lot of fame for his sincere passion towards serving the society. He was the son of a deputy collector and was born on 1st July 1882. ...30 th July - World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2015
World Day against Trafficking Persons is meant to highlight the plight of those who fall victim to this crime. Human trafficking is a global problem that facilitates and sustains modern-day ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2015: Prevention of Viral Hepatitis
World Hepatitis Day is held annually on July 28 to promote awareness about hepatitis. World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is celebrated by people all over the world annually on July 28. The day was selected to mark the birthday of Nobel Laureate Prof Blumberg ...24 th July - International Self-Care Day 2015
International Self Care Day or ISD is celebrated each year on July 24. The day is meant to highlight the importance of self-care as a part of healthy living on a regular basis. This is especially important in light of the rising incidence of ...11 th July - World Population Day 2015
The theme for World Population Day on July 11, 2014 is 'Investing in Young People.' The exponential growth of population over the past few years has been extremely alarming. A look at the population clock on the Worldometers website reflects the ...31st July - World Breastfeeding Week 2014: 'BREASTFEEDING: A Winning Goal - for Life!
The World Breastfeeding Day has been observed by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) for the past 22 years. The theme for this year's World Breastfeeding Week that is being observed between August 1 to August 7, 2014 is ...27 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2014
World Hepatitis Day is a global platform for raising awareness about hepatitis and brings about real change in prevention, testing and treatment of hepatitis, and is an initiative by the World Health Organization with its global ...10 th July - World Population Day - 2014: Investing in Young People
The theme for World Population Day on July 11, 2014 is 'Investing in Young People.' The exponential growth of population over the past few years has been extremely alarming. A look at the population clock on the Worldometers website reflects the ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2013
The World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every year on 28 th July. This is the 6 th consecutive year that we are celebrating it. This particular day was chosen in honor of the birthday of Nobel Laureate Professor Dr. Baruch ...11 th July - World Population Day 2013: Focus on Adolescent Pregnancy
The World Population Day is observed by the United Nations on July 11 every year. The focus this year is on adolescent pregnancy. The earth appears to be overburdened with the growing population and the carbon footprints ...31st July - World Breastfeeding Week - 2012
The ‘World Breastfeeding Week’ (WBW) is celebrated every year from 1 st to 7 th August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It is an annual initiative of World ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day - 2012
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is celebrated each year, on the 28th of July, to increase awareness about viral hepatitis and its related complications. The main features of WHD include- • Focusing on screening, control ...11 th July - World Population Day 2012
According to the book Megachange, The World in 2050 , it took 250 000 years for the world to reach a population of 1 billion. And it took just 12 years to add its latest billion, taking the number to 7 billion . Such an alarming rise in ...28 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2011
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is celebrated on the 28th of July each year.The day was selected to honor Nobel Laureate Prof. Blumberg, discoverer of hepatitis B virus (HBV) who celebrates his birthday on that ...11 th July - World Population Day - 2011
Every year, July 11th is observed as The United Nations' (UN) World Population Day. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began observing this day in 1989 as a means to create awareness on the importance of family planning, maternal health, ...16 th July - World Hepatitis Day - 2007
“Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.” - William James The liver has a crucial role to play (in) infusing our zest for life. A spirit that we take for granted, could completely crash when the liver is afflicted. ...26 th July - Global Warming / Climate Change 2006
The earths atmosphere is dynamic and involves constant changes, which have been monitored with growing concern by scientists across the world. The changes are referred to the variations in the earths atmosphere that are known to be influenced by a ...16 th July - World Hepatitis Day 2006
The control of hepatitis outbreak has become a burning issue in Asian countries, especially with around 1.5 million clinical cases of hepatitis occurring each year. Looking at the main causes of this condition, we found that one of the main ...11 th July - World Population Day 2006
Each year, the eleventh of July is celebrated the world over as the World Population Day. It began as a celebration by the United Nations Population Fund in 1988, to mark the occasion of the world population hitting the 5 billion mark. The aim ...Ribbon For A Cause
AIDS
Red Ribbon Creates Awareness of AIDS
Ever since the discovery of the AIDS virus in 1981, the AIDS virus has been silently threatening all of Asia. One in four new infections occur in Asia every day. What is extremely alarming is that the disease has already spread into several provinces of the world’s most populated country – China. In
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Ever since the discovery of the AIDS virus in 1981, the AIDS virus has been silently threatening all of Asia. One in four new infections occur in Asia every day. What is extremely alarming is that the disease has already spread into several provinces of the world’s most populated country – China. In
Anti-Tobacco
Brown Ribbon Creates Awareness of Anti-Tobacco
Smoking still remains one of the leading causes of preventable death. Smoking has the dubious distinction of affecting all the systems from head to foot. In spite of various technological advancements, tobacco still claims one life every ten seconds somewhere in the world. Tobacco can be consumed in
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Smoking still remains one of the leading causes of preventable death. Smoking has the dubious distinction of affecting all the systems from head to foot. In spite of various technological advancements, tobacco still claims one life every ten seconds somewhere in the world. Tobacco can be consumed in
Brain Tumor
Grey Ribbon Creates Awareness of Brain Tumor
Grey pin is used to create awaraness regarding brain tumor, primary brain tumor which arise in the brain cells cannot be detected early and early detection of primary brain cancer does not influence survival rate as it depends up on age, tumor location and type rather than early detection. Secondary
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Grey pin is used to create awaraness regarding brain tumor, primary brain tumor which arise in the brain cells cannot be detected early and early detection of primary brain cancer does not influence survival rate as it depends up on age, tumor location and type rather than early detection. Secondary
Cervical Cancer
Teal-White Ribbon Creates Awareness of Cervical Cancer
The cervix is a part of the female reproductive system and forms the lower part of the womb or the uterus. Sixty years ago, cancer of the cervix was the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. However, there has been a dramatic reduction in the incidence rates due to increased awareness and effecti
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The cervix is a part of the female reproductive system and forms the lower part of the womb or the uterus. Sixty years ago, cancer of the cervix was the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. However, there has been a dramatic reduction in the incidence rates due to increased awareness and effecti
Colon Cancer
Blue Ribbon Creates Awareness of Colon Cancer
Blue Ribbon is associated with colon cancer and the month of March is celebrated as Colon cancer awareness month, during which awareness is created about the risks of colon cancer and the need of screening for early detection of colon cancer which can give better treatment and survival rate of 90%.
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Blue Ribbon is associated with colon cancer and the month of March is celebrated as Colon cancer awareness month, during which awareness is created about the risks of colon cancer and the need of screening for early detection of colon cancer which can give better treatment and survival rate of 90%.