World Water Day — March 22, 2014

World Water Day — March 22, 2017

World Water Day is sponsored by the United Nations and observed each year on March 22. This year, World Water Day focuses on wastewater, which includes sewage, storm water, and discarded water used in the community (1). Many developing countries have inadequate wastewater management strategies because they lack resources, infrastructure, available technology, or space. Untreated wastewater in t...

World TB Day — March 24, 2015

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On the occasion of world kidney day 2016; work together to better protect the kidney

CONTEXT World kidney day is a yearly global alertness and education ceremony, held on the second Thursday in March. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Directory of open access journals (DOAJ), EMBASE, Google Scholar, PubMed, EBSCO, and Web of Science have been searched. RESULTS Once again we reached to March 14, the world kidney day of 2016. This is the 10th anniversary of world kidney day, a program of ...

World Encephalitis Day — February 22, 2014

Water and health, hand-in-hand for a day.

To raise awareness of the connection between water and health, WHOwas chosen as lead agency for World Water Day on 22 March. Scores of events, ranging from Internet-based discussions among students to ice-hockey games, music video releases, and the more traditional seminars and awards, took place in countries around the world. WorldWater Day has been celebrated annually since it was first conce...