The United Nations General Assembly designates a number of “International Days” to mark important aspects of human life and history. The objective for celebrating these international days is for creating awareness about the diseases which have caused great concern to the public health. Since it is known that prevention is better than cure, these health awareness days are utilized for focused attention by the government agencies, not for profit institutes and general public to learn more about the disease and its prevention.
List of such health awareness days in relation to India is displayed below:
- January
- 30: World Leprosy Eradication Day
- February
- 4: World Cancer Day
- 12: Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness Day
- March
- 6: Glucoma Day
- 8: International Women’s Day
- 11: No Smoking Day
- 12: World Kidney Day
- 15: World Disabled Day / World Consumer Rights Day
- 16: Measles Immunisation Day
- 22: World Day for Water
- 24: World TB Day
- April
- 7: World Health Day
- 17: World Haemophilia Day
- 19: World Liver Day
- 22: Earth Day
- 25: World Malaria Day
- May
- 6: World Asthma Day
- 8: World Red Cross Day
- 9: World Thalassaemia Day
- 12: World Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day/International Nurses day
- 19: World Hepatitis Day
- 28: International Women’s Health Day
- 31: Anti-tobacco Day/World no tobacco Day
- June
- 5: World Environment Day
- 8: World Brain Tumor Day
- 14: World Blood Donation Day
- July
- 1: Doctors Day (In India)
- 11: World Population Day
- 29: ORS Day
- August
- 1-8: World Breast Feeding Week
- 25th Aug – 8th Sept: Eye Donation Fortnight
- September
- 1 to 7: National Nutrition week
- 12: World Oral Health Day
- 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
- 26: World Day of the Deaf
- 28: World Heart Day / World Rabies Day
- October
- 1: International Day for the Elderly
- 2: National Anti Drug Addiction Day
- 10: World Mental Health Day
- 12: World Sight Day (Thursday of October Every Year)
- 12: World Arthritis
- 16: World Food Day
- 17: World Trauma Day
- 20: World Osteoporosis Day
- 21: World Iodine Deficiency Day
- 24: World Polio Day
- 26: World Obesity Day
- 29: World Stroke Day
- 30: World Thrift Day
- November
- 2: World Pneumonia Day
- 10: World Immunisation Day
- 14: Diabetes Day
- 18: World Epilepsy Day
- 19: World COPD Day
- 15 to 21: New Born Care Week
- December
- 1: World AIDS Day
- 2: National Pollution Prevention Day
- 3: International Day of Disabled Persons
- 9: World Patient Safety Day
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