World Immunization Week 2018
from 24 April 2018
to30 April 2018
Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world most successful and cost-effective health intervention. Yet, there are more than 19 million unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children in the world, putting them at serious risk of these potentially fatal diseases.
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World Health Day 2018
from 07 April 2018
to07 April 2018
World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO, provides us with a unique opportunity to mobilize action around a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.The theme of 2017 World Health Day campaign is depression.
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GCC Oral Health Unified Week
from 25 March 2018
to31 March 2018
Oral and dental health is regarded as an integral part of public health, negatively or positively getting affected by it and affecting it. Since the incidence rate of the oral and dental diseases in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, particularly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, greatly surpasses the developed and developing states alike, concerted efforts are required to reduce the incidence rate of these diseases, especially tooth decay, among children of the GCC states.
https://beta.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2018/Pages/HealthDay-2018-03-25-31.aspx
World Tuberculosis Day 2018
from 24 March 2018
to24 March 2018
Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
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World Down Syndrome Day 2018
from 21 March 2018
to21 March 2018
In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared 21 March as the World Down Syndrome Day, with effect from 2012, and invited all member states, relevant organizations of the U N and other international organizations, as well as civil society.
https://beta.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2018/Pages/HealthDay-2018-03-21.aspx
World Kidney Day 2018
from 08 March 2018
to08 March 2018
World Kidney Day is a global awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. It is celebrated every 8th of March by organizing many events and campaigns in all parts of the world by community and concerned bodies
https://beta.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2018/Pages/HealthDay-2018-03-08.aspx
International Childhood Cancer Day 2018
from 15 February 2018
to15 February 2018
Children cancer is different from adult cancer, as in most of the cases the difference is in the affected part. It affects children of both sexes and all ages.
https://beta.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2018/Pages/HealthDay-2018-02-15.aspx
World Cancer Day 2018
from 04 February 2018
to04 February 2018
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) organize the day to promote ways to ease the global burden of the disease.
https://beta.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/2018/Pages/HealthDay-2018-02-04.aspx
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
from 01 November 2017
to30 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
World Breastfeeding Week 2017
from 01 August 2017
to07 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
World Hepatitis Day 2017
from 28 July 2017
to28 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
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2017
from 26 June 2017
to26 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
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
from 24 March 2017
to24 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 Cancer Day 2017
from 04 February 2017
to04 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 COPD Day 2016
from 16 November 2016
to16 November 2016
World Diabetes Day 2016
from 14 November 2016
to14 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:
Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2016
from 01 November 2016
to30 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 Polio Day 2016
from 24 October 2016
to24 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.
World Osteoporosis Day 2016
from 20 October 2016
to20 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 Food Day 2016
from 16 October 2016
to16 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.