Health Events

The World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way towards diagnosing and curing TB.

 

The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) has proclaimed March 13th, every year, as the Gulf Nursing Day (also known as GCC Nurses Day). In 2012, this day falls on Rabi' II 20th, 1433H. As already well known, the Muslim woman has been first involved in nursing work on Ramadan 17th, in the second Hijri year.

 

World Kidney Day 2012 (WKD 2012) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. It also aims to nourish healthy behaviors, and encourage kidney donors. The campaign is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March in more than 100 countries on 6 continents.  WKD is a global action jointly organized by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF).

 

Under the theme: “Rare, but Strong Together”, the World Rare Disease Day is celebrated every year at the end of February. It basically aims to raise health awareness of patients, their families, all society members and decision makers  with regard to the most severe rere diseases affecting society, their effect upon patients' lives, and how to combat them.

 

Each year on 4 February, WHO supports International Union Against Cancer to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer. Under the theme: (Together it is possible) wee endeavor to diminish the death toll caused by non-communicable diseases (including cancer) by 25% in 2025. Preventing cancer and raising quality of life for cancer patients are recurring themes.

 

The United Nations have declared 3rd December as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, also known as "World Disabled Day", aiming to enhance public awareness, knowledge and acceptance of disabled persons.

 

World AIDS Day on December 1st draws people together from all over the world in solidarity to pay tribute to the millions of people living with HIV/AIDS and raise awareness of the global impact of HIV/AIDS.

 

   The World Diabetes Day (WDD) is meant to raise the global awareness of diabetes, its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent it. 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.

 

The Genetic Blood Disorders Awareness Week falls on the period from 25 to 31 October every year. It is intended to encourage the provision of social and psychological care for patients, raise the society's knowledge of genetic blood disorders: their types, treatment and means of prevention. It also aims to draw attention to how patients can adapt to such diseases and disorders, and to shed light on the necessity of premarital examination, inasmuch as it one of the most common diseases, especially, in cases of endogamy

 

Are you aware that more than 10 million children could be paralyzed in the next 40 years if the world fails to work on its eradication? Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. The virus enters the body through the mouth and multiplies in the intestine. Initial symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck and pain in the limbs. One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralyzed, 5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.

 

Osteoporosis is usually dubbed: the ‘silent disease’, as it affects millions of people around over the world. The World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) is centered upon a crucial issue, manifested in this year's theme: “Love Your Bones”.

 

Online Interview with the Director of National e-Health Strategy

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day (WFD) each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.
 “FOOD PRICES – FROM CRISIS TO STABILITY” has been chosen as this year’s World Food Day theme to shed some light on this trend and what can be done to mitigate its impact on the most vulnerable.

 

World Mental Health Day is annually held on October 10 to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide. This event promotes open discussions on illnesses, as well as investments in prevention and treatment services.

 

The International Day of Older Persons, this year, pays thorough attention to identifying the challenges and obstacles impeding the agreements revolving around the provision of health care for the elderly in all over the world.