World Press Freedom Day, 5 May 2008

World No Tobacco Day — May 31, 2014

The global tobacco epidemic contributed to 100 million deaths worldwide during the 20th century and continues to kill nearly 6 million persons each year, including approximately 600,000 from secondhand smoke. If current trends persist, an estimated 500 million persons alive today will die from the use of tobacco products. By 2030, tobacco use will result in approximately 8 million deaths worldw...

Announcement: World IBD Day — May 19, 2017

World IBD Day is recognized on May 19 to raise awareness of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the two conditions that comprise it: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, both of which cause chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. World IBD Day is sponsored by the European Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations, which includes the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

World No Tobacco Day — May 31, 2013

World No Tobacco Day — May 31, 2015

547 Approaches for Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade — Nine Countries and the European Union 551 Occupational Fatalities During the Oil and Gas Boom — United States, 2003–2013 555 Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Among Children — American Samoa, 2011–2012 559 Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Skin Lesions Among High School Wrestlers — Arizona, 2014 561 QuickStats World No Tobac...

World Stroke Day 2008: "little strokes, big trouble".

W orld Stroke Day is a day with a message for every day: " Stroke is a treatable and preventable catastrophe. " This year and every subsequent year it will be on October 29th. The theme for this year is " Little strokes, big trouble ". During the World Stroke Congress in Vancouver in 2004, a working group was organized to develop a global agenda for stroke. The 2007 World Stroke Day theme was "...