Breast Cancer Awareness Month
from
01 October 2013
to
31 October 2013
The breast cancer awareness campaigns and research funding have helped to support breast cancer awareness and research funding to improve the speed of diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Therefore, rates of survival have increased and the number of deaths has decreased due to early detection of breast and new therapies. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-023.aspx
World Mental Health Day
from
10 October 2013
to
10 October 2013
World Mental Health Day is to be celebrated on October 10th under the theme “Mental Health and Older Adults”. The World Day is intended to raise public awareness about mental health issues of the older people in the Society. In addition, the Day will shed light on the issues of depression and dementia seen as the most important problems experienced by some older people in the world. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-022.aspx
World Polio Day
from
24 October 2013
to
24 October 2013
The World Polio Day is celebrated in the world on October 24th, 2012, under the theme “End Polio Now”. Thus, all the health experts agree to the necessity of making governments give eradicating polio the first priority. And it seeks to adopt the policies and provide the necessary finances to apply the set strategies in order to eradicate polio. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/HealthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-026.aspx
World Osteoporosis Day 2013
from
20 October 2013
to
20 October 2013
World Diabetes Day2013
from
14 November 2013
to
14 November 2013
World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
from
20 November 2013
to
20 November 2013
World AIDS Day
from
01 December 2013
to
01 December 2013
World Tuberculosis Day
from
24 March 2014
to
24 March 2014
Unified Gulf Week for Boosting the Oral and Dental Health
from
22 March 2014
to
22 March 2014
World Kidney Day
from
13 March 2014
to
13 March 2014
World Cancer Day
from
04 February 2014
to
04 February 2014
World Immunization Week
from
24 April 2014
to
30 April 2014
Immunization is widely recognized as one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions ever introduced. It prevents between 2 and 3 million deaths every year and now protects children not only against diseases for which vaccines have been available for many years, such as diphtheria, tetanus, polio and measles, but also against diseases such as pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhoea, two of the biggest killers of children under 5
World Malaria Day 2014
from
25 April 2014
to
25 April 2014
Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells
World Asthma Day 2014
from
06 May 2014
to
06 May 2014
World Thalassemia Day 2014
from
08 May 2014
to
08 May 2014
World Hypertension Day
from
17 May 2014
to
17 May 2014
World No-Tobacco Day 2014
from
31 May 2014
to
31 May 2014
World Milk Day
from
01 June 2014
to
01 June 2014
World Environment Day 2014
from
05 June 2014
to
05 June 2014
World Blood Donor Day 2014
from
14 June 2014
to
14 June 2014