Sickle cell anemia is one of the genetic blood diseases causing disorder in the gene responsible for the formation of hemoglobin, and causing the sticking of these cells into the small blood cells and therefore reducing the flow of the blood and oxygen to the body organs http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2014/Pages/HealthDay-2014-06-19.aspx

June 26, every year, marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which was first set by the UN General Assembly in 1987. In fact, drug abuse and addiction are reckoned one of the most dangerous psychological and social problems http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/HealthDay/2014/Pages/HealthDay-2014-06-26.aspx

The World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year over the period from 1-7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of the infants throughout the world. Breastfeeding is the best way to provide the newborns with the nutrients they need

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The World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every year on the twenty-eighth of July as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to boost the awareness on the viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes. And, it also aims to raise the awareness on the disease and ways of transmission and prevention

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On September 21, 2014, the world is to celebrate the "World Alzheimer's Day" under the theme “Dementia: Can we reduce the risk?”. Its main purpose is to identify the challenges and hardships of Alzheimer's disease and shed light on the suffering of patients around the world. It also calls for exerting every effort and working unremittingly to enhance the health care sector and increase support for Alzheimer's patients and their families.

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The World Heart Day is celebrated every year on September 29th to raise people's awareness of heart diseases and stroke, being the main cause for the death of 17.3 million persons annually, and this number is on the increase. By 2030, it is projected, almost 23.6 million people will die of heart diseases

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The World Mental Health Day is to be observed on 10 October under the theme “Living with Schizophrenia”. The first observation of the World Mental Health Day was in 1992 as per an initiative from the World Federation for Mental Health, an international mental health organization including members and partners from more than 150 countries

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What is the initiative of the “Vision 2020: the Right to Sight” about? “Vision 2020: the Right to Sight” it is a global initiative launched by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)

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The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is not a single disease, but a general term for a number of chronic lung diseases which obstruct the flow of air in the lungs such as chronic bronchitis and chronic untreatable asthma. The purpose behind observing the World COPD Day is to spread health awareness, get people familiar with the disease, and to reduce the infection rates. The 'Breathe' population-based reference study, deemed to be the first regional study about the COPD in the Middle East and Africa

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The World Diabetes Day is observed on November 14th; the date is fixed by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and World Health Organization (WHO) to mark the birthday of Fredrick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental in the discovery of insulin in 1922, the life-saving treatment for diabetes patients. The observation of the World Diabetes Day aims at enhancing the health awareness of diabetics or everyone vulnerable to the disease, and providing the best possible health awareness services.

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The World AIDS Day is observed every year on the 1st of December with the aim of encouraging all people across the world to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS as well as stimulating international cooperation to combat this pandemic.

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Persons with disabilities undoubtedly comprise one of the most important segments in the society. Therefore the United Nations (UN) proclaimed December 3rd of every year as the international day to celebrate them, and shed light on their achievements and contributions.

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Promoting the culture of patient rights and responsibilities amid society members towards health facilities has a great impact on improving the medical services provided to them. Therefore, the Ministry of Health (MOH), represented by Patient Rights and Relations General Department, in collaboration with the Executive Board of GCC Health Ministers Council, decided to dedicate a day for the Gulf patient's rights

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The World Cancer Day (WCD) is marked worldwide every year on February 4th, with the aim of unifying people around the world to fight this deadly disease. WCD day aims at saving the lives of millions of people who die yearly, through increasing awareness on this disease among individuals and governments all over the world

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The World Glaucoma Week (Blue Water) is celebrated every year in March to boost awareness on the Blue Water Disease (Glaucoma) and the international increase in the number of persons affected with it compared to the growth of population:

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