Category: Campaigns
World Rabies Day 2023
World Rabies Day (WDR), established by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) every September 28, is an transcendental day to promote the fight against this desease and reinforce awareness about its prevention. Rabies is a zoonotic disease with a fatality rate of 100%. Endemic on several […]
World Patient Safety Day 2023: Engaging Patients for Patient Safety
World Patient Safety Day 2023 will be observed on 17 September under the theme “Engaging patients for patient safety”, in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of health care. Evidence shows that when patients are treated as partners in their care, significant gains are made in safety, […]
World Suicide Prevention Day 2023
Creating Hope Through Action World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), celebrated annually on 10 September, is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The event represents a global commitment to focus attention on suicide prevention. The theme of WSPD 2023, […]
Wellness Week 2023
The care we need, the care we want Wellness Week has been celebrated since 2011 to promote a positive vision of health and recognize the importance of health promotion for the well-being of individuals and communities. In 2023 it will take place between September 9 and 15 and will have a launch event on […]
World Breastfeeding Week 2023: Let´s make breastfeeding and work, work!
Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work! More than half a billion working women are not given essential maternity protections in national laws Just 20% of countries require employers to provide employees with paid breaks and facilities for breastfeeding or expressing milk Fewer than half of infants under 6 months of age are exclusively breastfed…read […]
World Hepatitis Day 2023
One life, one liver. Scale up Access to Diagnosis and Treatment to Save Lives. On World Hepatitis Day 2023 we make a powerful call to countries: it’s time to scale up access to testing and treatment. Viral hepatitis is a silent killer and claims numerous lives every year, with symptoms only appearing once the […]
World Blood Donor Day 2023
Give blod, give plasma, share life, share often. The slogan for the 2023 World Blood Donor Day campaign is “Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often.” It focuses on patients requiring life-long transfusion support and underlines the role every single person can play, by giving the valuable gift of blood or plasma. It also […]
World No Tobacco Day – 31 May 2023
Grow food, not tobacco Tobacco growing harms our health, the health of farmers and the planet’s health. The tobacco industry interferes with attempts to substitute tobacco growing, contributing to the global food crisis. This campaign encourages governments to end tobacco growing subsidies and use the savings to support farmers to switch to more sustainable […]
World Hypertension Day 2023
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and high blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. Unfortunately, in the Americas, over a quarter of adult women and four in ten adult men have hypertension, and the diagnosis, treatment, and control are suboptimal. Remarkably, only a few countries exhibit […]
Vaccination Week in the Americas 2023
ABOUT VACCINATION WEEK IN THE AMERICAS From 22 to 29 April 2023, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the countries and territories of the Region of the Americas and its partners, will celebrate the 21st annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) and the 12th World Immunization Week (WIW) under the call […]
