Category: Campaigns
World No Tobacco Day 2024
Protecting children from tobacco industry interference World No Tobacco Day 2024 will give a platform to young people across the world, who are calling for the tobacco industry to stop targeting them with products that are harmful to their health. Young people globally are calling on governments to adopt policies that shield them from the […]
World Hand Hygiene Day 2024
Accelerate action together. SAVE LIVES – Clean Your Hands Each year the World Health Organization (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands 5 May campaign aims to maintain a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to bring people together in support of hand hygiene improvement worldwide. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the […]
World Hypertension Day 2024
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas, and high blood pressure (hypertension) is responsible for more than 50% of CVD deaths. Unfortunately, in this Region, more than a quarter of adult women and four in ten adult men have hypertension, and diagnosis, treatment, and control are suboptimal. Only a few […]
Vaccination Week in the Americas 2024
ABOUT VACCINATION WEEK IN THE AMERICAS From 20 to 27 April 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the countries and territories of the Region of the Americas and its partners, will celebrate the 22nd annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) and the 13th World Immunization Week (WIW) under the call to […]
World Health Day 2024 – ‘My health, my right’
Around the world, the right to health of millions is increasingly coming under threat. Diseases and disasters loom large as causes of death and disability. Conflicts are devastating lives, causing death, pain, hunger and psychological distress. The burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and taking away our right to breathe clean […]
World Chagas Disease Day 2024
EARLY DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP #WorldChagasDay #Chagas World Chagas Disease Day is observed annually on April 14 to increase awareness about this neglected disease. It is considered neglected because it receives little attention on the public health agenda. The World Health Assembly at WHO approved and endorsed on May 2019, with the first celebration held on […]
World Tuberculosis Day 2024
Yes! We can end TB! The theme of World TB Day 2024, “Yes! We can end TB!”, conveys a message of hope that it is possible to change the trajectory of the tuberculosis epidemic through high-level leadership, increased investments, faster adoption of new recommendations from PAHO/WHO, adoption of innovations, accelerated action, and multisectoral collaboration…read more […]
International Childhood Cancer Day 2024
International Childhood Cancer Day is a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors, and their families…read more See more: Related links:
World Cancer Day 2024: Close the care gap
In 2024, the global cancer community commemorates World Cancer Day, on February 4, with the slogan “Close the care gap”, and the call to unite our voices and take action. PAHO joins this campaign to call everyone, collectively and individually, to commit to strengthening actions aimed at improving access to quality care, including screening, early detection, treatment, and […]
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2024
On World NTD Day 2024, PAHO/WHO is calling on everyone, including leaders and communities, to Unite, to Act, and to Eliminate. NTDs, or neglected infectious diseases, are a diverse group of some 20 conditions that are widespread where people in vulnerability situation live, where water safety, sanitation, and access to health care are inadequate or suboptimal. Caused […]
