World Cancer Day (WCD) is celebrated on February 4th each year around the world to remind the efforts done by united nations, World Health Organization (WHO), and other governmental and non-governmental health organizations with the aim of delivering the real message about cancer and its treatments to fight against this fatal disease through uniting all the people on global basis (1-4). In brie...

1021 a focused global awareness day on thrombosis, in 2014 ISTH founded the World Thrombosis Day (WTD), which takes place every year on October 13, the birthday of Rudolf Virchow. This scientist developed the concept of “thrombosis”, and was a pioneer in the pathophysiology of this disease. WTD places a global spotlight on thrombosis as an urgent and growing health problem, and fo­ cuses attent...

World AIDS Day draws attention to the current status of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic worldwide. The theme for this year’s observance on December 1 is “Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-Free Generation.” The first cases of AIDS were reported more than 30 years ago in the June 5, 1981 issue of MMWR. Today, an estimated 35 million persons a...

This month, on November 12, the world will recognize the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day. First launched in 2009 by a coalition of global health leaders (1), World Pneumonia Day aims to raise awareness about pneumonia's toll on the world's children and to promote interventions to protect against, treat, and prevent the disease. Pneumonia continues to be the leading killer of young children ar...

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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...