Category: Campaigns
World Health Day: 07 April 2019
Universal Health means that all people have access, without any kind of discrimination, to comprehensive quality services, wherever they need them, without facing financial difficulties. It requires the definition and implementation of policies and actions with a multisectoral approach to address the social determinants of health and promote the commitment of the whole society […]
24 March 2019: World Tuberculosis Day
“It’s Time for Action. End TB” Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) for those who suffer from this preventable and curable disease and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.This year’s campaign […]
International Day of Universal Health Coverage – 12 dez. 2018
The theme of Universal Health Day this year is United for Universal Health: Now is the time for collective action. Leaving no one behind: So that all people and communities have access, without any kind of discrimination, to comprehensive, appropriate, timely and quality health services. It requires intersectoral policies and actions to address the […]
International Human Rights Day – 12 dez. 2018
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all. The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We […]
World AIDS Day – 01 Dez. 2018
Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, the Region of the Americas has contributed with a public health and human rights approach to the global response. In September 2016, Member States of the Pan American Health Organization approved the Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections 2016 […]
World Mental Health Day 2018
The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is “young people and mental health in a changing world”. Half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, but most cases go undetected and untreated. Our focus is on building mental resilience among young people, to help them cope with the challenges […]
Wellness Week 2018: “Building Healthy Communities for Everyone”
The Wellness Week of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) is an initiative that began in 2011 inspired by the Caribbean Welfare Day, which is celebrated on the second Saturday of September. Inspired by the theme of World Health Day 2018, “Healthy Communities for All”. Under this theme, […]
10 sept. 2018_World Suicide Prevention Day
Communities have an important role to play in suicide prevention. They can provide support to people who are vulnerable and to those who have made an attempt on their life. They can provide comfort to people who have lost someone to suicide and can also help fight stigma. WHO’s Preventing suicide: a community engagement […]
World Hepatitis Day- 28 July 2018
To mark the July 28, World Day Against Viral Hepatitis, and strengthen the need for people to seek diagnosis and prevention of these diseases. The World Health Organization, launches the theme of the Hepatitis 2018 campaign. “Hepatitis, it’s time to diagnose, treat and cure.” Activities under this theme can help achieve the following country-specific […]
World Birth Defects Day
Promoting health through the life-course: More than 8 million babies worldwide are born each year with a serious birth defect. Birth defects are a leading cause of death in the first year of life, and babies who survive may be physically or mentally disabled, taking a costly toll on their families, communities and nations. The […]
