World Blood Donor Day 2016
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14 June 2016
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14 June 2016
Every year, countries around the world celebrate the World Blood Donor Day on June 14th. The event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood and to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations; to ensure the quality, safety and availability of blood and blood products for patients in need.
World Sickle Cell Day
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19 June 2016
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19 June 2016
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder (IBD) that affects red blood cells; due to disorder in the gene responsible for the formation of hemoglobin, causing sticking to the walls of the small blood vessels, and thus reducing the flow of the blood and oxygen into the body organs.
national Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2016
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19 July 2016
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21 July 2016
By resolution No. (42/112) dated 7 December 1987, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This resolution recommended further action with regard to the report and conclusions of the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
World Breastfeeding Week
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01 August 2016
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07 August 2016
Introduction:
The theme of this year enables the breastfeeding to connect with a variety of development issues over the coming years until 2030, covering the main links between breastfeeding and the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through five general topics:
World Alzheimer's Day 2016
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21 September 2016
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21 September 2016
The World Alzheimer's Day is observed every year on September 21st; to identify the challenges and hardships of Alzheimer's disease and to shed light on it, showing the suffering patients endure around the world. It also calls for exerting every effort and working unremittingly to enhance the health care and increase support for Alzheimer's patients and their families
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/HealthDay/2016/Pages/HealthDay-2016-09-21.aspx
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2016
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01 October 2016
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31 October 2016
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors resulting from the abnormal growth of breast cells. It is commonly affecting ladies of different ages. The breast cancer awareness campaigns and research funding have helped 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 the early detection of breast and new therapies.
International Day of Older Persons 2016
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01 October 2016
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01 October 2016
The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated under the theme "Take a Stand against Ageism" by shedding light on stereotyped pictures and misconceptions about older persons and ageing
Global Handwashing Day 2016
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15 October 2016
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15 October 2016
Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on 15 October of each year. The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap (PPPHW) established Global Handwashing Day in 2008 as a way to promote a global and local vision of handwashing with soap. It was approved by world governments and organizations, civil society organizations, NGOs, private companies and individuals from all over the world.
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2016/Pages/HealthDay-2016-10-15.aspx
World Food Day 2016
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16 October 2016
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16 October 2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization “FAO” of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The Rome-based Organization spread in more than 100 countries around the world.
World Osteoporosis Day 2016
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20 October 2016
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20 October 2016
Osteoporosis is the silent disease that affects millions of people all over the world. There the World Osteoporosis Day is observed each year on October 20th, to promote the health awareness of osteoporosis, methods of prevention, and available means of diagnosis and treatment of the disease
World Polio Day 2016
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24 October 2016
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24 October 2016
Polio is one of the oldest diseases of mankind, it was first known by ancient Egyptians in 1350 BC. Since that time human being, from all over the world, suffered from the effects of the disease on the health of children and community by causing disability and the death of many children.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2016
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01 November 2016
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30 November 2016
Lung Cancer Awareness Month is celebrated in November with the aim of achieving better results for patients and their families, by raising the level of awareness about lung cancer and the harms of smoking or second hand smoking as one of the main factors causing cancer.
World COPD Day 2016
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16 November 2016
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16 November 2016
World Diabetes Day 2016
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14 November 2016
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14 November 2016
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has launched the World Diabetes Day 2016 under the theme "Eyes on diabetes". This year’s activities and materials will focus on promoting two main messages:
World Cancer Day 2017
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04 February 2017
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04 February 2017
February 4th every year is an international event aims to fight cancer throughout the world. The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC),
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
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24 March 2017
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24 March 2017
World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of nearly one-and-a-half million people each year
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2017/Pages/HealthDay-2017-03-24.aspx
World Hepatitis Day 2017
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28 July 2017
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28 July 2017
World Health Organization (WHO) has designated a global day of action to raise awareness about all types of hepatitis (A, B, C, D and E) and diseases caused by it. WHO also seeks to enhance people’s understanding of hepatitis, as it may bring serious consequences – may Allah forbid – such as fibrosis or liver cancer, turning it into a global health burden
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2017/Pages/HealthDay-2017-07-28.aspx
World Breastfeeding Week 2017
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01 August 2017
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07 August 2017
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year in more than 170 countries around the world. It is an international occasion to protect, promote and support breastfeeding anywhere and anytime.
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2017/Pages/HealthDay-2017-08-01-07.aspx
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2017
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26 June 2017
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26 June 2017
Drug abuse refers to the harmful or dangerous substances that impair the brain (including alcohol and illicit drugs). Drug abuse may lead to (dependence syndrome), which involves a cluster of physiological, behavioral, and cognitive phenomena in which the use of substances takes on a much higher priority for a given individual
http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2017/Pages/HealthDay-2017-06-26.aspx
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
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01 November 2017
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30 November 2017
Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world and it takes more lives every year than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2017/Pages/HealthDay-2017-11-01-30.aspx