Health days and international events
World Cancer Day
February 4
World Cancer Day is a global event that takes place every year on the fourth of February to unite the world’s population in the fight against cancer.
International Children’s Cancer Day
February 15
International institutions and organizations are keen on the health of children with cancer, and seek to provide psychological, social, material and health support for them. To this end, a special international day was set for children with this deadly disease, with the aim of raising awareness of the seriousness of this disease and methods of diagnosing and treating it, and February 15 of each year was designated as the International Day of Child Cancer Awareness.
World Kidney Day
March 8
World Kidney Day is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Institutions (IFKF) to raise awareness of kidney disease and ways to prevent it.
World Glaucoma Week
March 12-18
The World Glaucoma Week (glaucoma) is held annually in March, and aims to shed light on glaucoma and the global increase in the number of people who develop it.
World TB Day
March 24
World Tuberculosis Day is observed on March 24 of each year, to commemorate the discovery by Dr. Robert Koch, in 1882 A.D., of the bacterial bacillus that causes tuberculosis, which was the first step towards diagnosing and treating the disease.
Gulf Oral and Dental Health Week
March 27 / April 2
Adopting the unified Gulf week to promote oral and dental health in all countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in implementation of the decision issued by the health ministers of the GCC countries at their sixty-fifth conference, which was held in Geneva in 2008, which includes approval of the Gulf plan for oral and dental health care, and focusing on the importance of preventive action to reduce The incidence of oral and dental diseases, as some statistics indicate that the percentage of child tooth decay in the Kingdom has reached 90%.
World Health Day
April 7
Given the importance of focusing on the most important public health issues that affect the international community, and the fact that human health is the most important thing that must be preserved in all spiritual, mental and physical respects. A global day concerned with health issues was designated, and a theme for World Health Day was chosen to highlight an area of concern that is a priority in the World Health Organization. April 7, the anniversary day of the founding of the World Health Organization, has been determined to be celebrated as World Health Day.
World Parkinson Day
April 11
April 11th of each year is designated as International Parkinson’s Day, with the aim of enhancing awareness of this disease, its causes, symptoms, and available medical and surgical treatments, and to show support for those with it. It is considered one of the common diseases among the elderly, as clinical symptoms begin to appear, usually between the ages of 40 to 60 years, and the incidence of it increases in the advanced stages of life. The incidence rates are between 12 and 20 cases per 100,000 annually worldwide.
World Haemorrhage Day
April 17
Haemophilia means blood thinning, which is a hereditary blood disease resulting from a deficiency of a clotting factor in the blood so that the blood of the affected person does not clot normally, which causes him to bleed for a longer period. Today, April 17 of every year has been set as an International Day for Awareness and Education, raising awareness of this disease, introducing its symptoms and complications, urging health institutions to control it and provide support to those with it.
World Immunization Week
April 24-30
The World Immunization Week, celebrated annually in the last week of April, aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all age groups from contracting infectious diseases.
World Malaria Day
April 25
Malaria is a disease that is transmitted to the human body through the bites of mosquitoes that carry it, then it begins to multiply in the liver and invade the red blood cells. The World Health Organization has designated April 25 of each year as World Malaria Day to enhance awareness of this disease, how to avoid it and ways to treat it, and to be a global occasion to acknowledge efforts to combat it.
Some statistics indicate that malaria threatens the lives of 40% of the world’s population, infecting more than 500 million people and causing more than one million deaths each year.
World Asthma Day
May 6
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways of the lungs. It results from inflammation and narrowing of the respiratory passages. This prevents the flow of air to the airways, and its symptoms are bouts of coughing, difficulty breathing and blue lips due to lack of oxygen.
Asthma is a disease that is not incapable of treatment by following medical advice, and keeping away from its causes such as dirt, dust, pets, and dust mites.
World Thalassemia Day
May 8
Thalassemia means anemia, and it is one of the hereditary blood diseases, as the child suffers from thalassemia if one or both of his parents are a carrier of the disease, and the child’s infection rate increases if both parents are carriers of the disease, and its symptoms are not apparent but appear through medical analyzes.
The World Health Organization has designated May 8 of every year to be World Thalassemia Day, with the aim of spreading awareness of this disease, how to avoid it, and how to transmit it.
World Nursing Day
May 12
May 12 – the birth day of Nurse Florence Nightingale – has been chosen as the International Nursing Day, where awareness campaigns on the importance of the profession and its role in helping patients are intensified, as well as a series of events that refer to the achievements of nurses and the difficulties and challenges facing the nursing profession at the global level.
World High Blood Pressure Day
May 17
High blood pressure is a silent killer because it has no clear symptoms, and global studies have indicated more than 1.5 million infections
