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World Health Day

BACKGROUND: World Health Day will shine a spotlight on the need for universal health coverage (UHC)—and the advantages it can bring. In this 70th anniversary year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on world leaders to live up to the pledges they made when they...

Child Health Week Ends

Overview Child Health Week, which takes place from November 12-20, consists of four noteworthy global awareness events: World Pneumonia Day (Nov. 12) World Prematurity Day (Nov.17) World Toilet Day (Nov. 19) World Antibiotic Awareness Week (Nov.14 – 20) Child Health Week Hashtags: #ChildHealth #StopPneumonia #EveryBreathCounts...

World Toilet Day

The Theme in 2017: Wastewater By 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals aim to reach everyone with sanitation, and halve the proportion of untreated wastewater and increase recycling and safe reuse. For that to be achieved, we need everyone’s poo to be contained, transported, treated and...