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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is not a single disease but an umbrella term used to describe chronic lung diseases, most notably bronchitis and emphysema. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-2013-11-20.aspx

 

Started by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and World Health Organization (WHO), the Day is celebrated on 14 November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental in the discovery of insulin in 1922, a life-saving treatment for diabetes patients. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-2013-11-14.aspx

 

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

 

Osteoporosis is the silent disease affecting millions of people the world over. The World Osteoporosis Day is observed each year on the twentieth of October; this is with the aim of raising the health awareness on osteoporosis, ways of prevention, and available means of diagnosis and treatment for the disease. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-025.aspx

 

What is the vision initiative 2020: the right to sight? "2020 Vision: the Right to sight" is a global initiative, launched by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). It seeks to set programs and plans; to reduce the avoidable blindness by the advent of the 2020 http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-033.aspx

 

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

 

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

 

“Longevity is a public health achievement, not a social or economic liability. On this International Day of Older Persons, let us pledge to ensure the well-being of older persons and to enlist their meaningful participation in society so we can all benefit from their knowledge and ability.” http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/HealthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-021.aspx

 

 

The World Heart Day is activated every year on September 29th. This year's day is celebrated under the theme: “Life-course Prevention and Control”. It is basically intended to raise people's awareness of the health factors associated to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), such as obesity, lack of physical activity and smoking (tobacco-use), as well as the ways and suggestions to reduce the burden of such factors to the lowest possible level. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-020.aspx

 

On September 21, 2013, the world is to celebrate the "World Alzheimer's Day", under the theme: (Dementia: a Journey of Caring) http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/HealthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-019.aspx

 

(This is hepatitis. Know it. Confront it.) The World Hepatitis Day will be officially celebrated for the first time on 28 July, marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes and to raise awareness among the public. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-011.aspx

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited form of anemia — a condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout your body. That is caused by a disorder in the genes responsible for forming hemoglobin. Normally, your red blood cells are flexible and round, moving easily through your blood vessels. In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. These irregularly shaped cells can get stuck in small blood vessels, which can slow or block blood flow and oxygen to parts of the body. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-016.aspx

World Hypertension Day is celebrated every year on the 17th of May, under the theme “Healthy Heart Beat-Healthy Blood Pressure”, aiming to raise awareness among the community about the preventative methods of hypertension and how to control it; seeking to detect the number of hypertension cases and monitor them. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-010.aspx

Thalassaemia is a genetic disorder affecting blood cells; i.e., it is passed from parent to child and is the most common inherited blood disorder in the world. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-009.aspx

Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency from person to person. Symptoms may occur several times in a day or week in affected individuals, and for some people become worse during physical activity or at night. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-008.aspx

The world celebrates the World Malaria Day every year on April 25th, 2012. This year's Day is held under the theme: “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria”. Key interventions to control malaria include: prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies; use of insecticidal nets by people at risk; and indoor residual spraying with insecticide to control the vector mosquitoes. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/012.aspx

The World Health Organization (WHO) endeavors to promote nations to organize the World Immunization Week, educate the public and exchange information in the light of World Immunization Week; in order to concentrate on the significance of vaccination (immunization) to save lives and encourage families to immunize their kids against fatal diseases. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-006.aspx

World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world. The theme for 2013 is High Blood Pressure or “Hypertension”. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-005.aspx

This week is meant to raise awareness among all society members, especially children, of the importance of oral and dental health care, and shed light on how to maintain oral and dental health, in addition to activating the preventive role of those working in the field of dentistry. http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/HealthAwareness/healthDay/1434/Pages/HealthDay-004.aspx