Every year, more than 700,000 people take their own life, and many more attempt or consider suicide (WHO). This epidemic has affected families, communities, and entire countries throughout the world, and has become the fourth leading cause of death among people ages 15-29. This year on World Suicide Prevention Day, we aim to “Create Hope Through Action”, and bring awareness to the steps we can...
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World Health Day is celebrated globally every April 7th, bringing awareness to a specific health topic of concern. This year, WHO is dedicated to building a fairer, healthier world. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us much about who we are over the past year, and we have all been impacted in many different ways. However, it has been relentless for the countries and communities already vulnerable...
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Since 2012, October 11th has been marked as the International Day of the Girl. This day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights. The theme for this year is “My voice, our equal future”. Girls worldwide are demanding a life free from gender-based violence, access to health, skills, recognition and investment...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as The Year of the Nurse and Midwife. This year is also the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. The theme for International Nurses Day, celebrated on May 12th, is “Nursing the World to Health.” Historically, as well as today, nurses are at the forefront of fighting epidemics and pandemics - providing high quality and respectful treatment and care. They...
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November 3, 2019 is the fourth annual One Health Day, a global effort started by the CDC to bring attention to the necessity for a One Health approach to face shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. The idea behind One Health is that the health of people is linked to the health of animals. According to the CDC, 6 out of 10 infectious diseases in...
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GE Sponsored Webinar Can We Help 'Solve' Sepsis Together? The Economics of Sepsis Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2pm-2:45pm EST REGISTER TODAY Description: There is no way to adequately assess or quantify the personal suffering and tragedy of sepsis. But healthcare institutions do strive to be effective and efficient – for the very reason of continuous improvement. This webinar takes a different look at sepsis – how institutions may more practically...
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October 10, 2019, is World Mental Health Day. It is a day to bring awareness to something that affects us on a global level. This year, the focus is on suicide prevention. Over the last few decades, suicides have risen at an alarming and unimaginable rate. According to WHO, nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death...
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September 17th, 2019 is the first annual World Patient Safety Day — a day dedicated to raising global awareness about patient safety and promoting action. Patient safety, in the simplest terms, is the prevention of harm to patients. While this seems like standard practice, WHO (World Health Organization) reports that “up to 4 out of 10 patients are harmed in primary and ambulatory care settings”....
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World Sepsis Day is held on September 13th every year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis. World Sepsis Day was created by Global Sepsis Alliance, a non-profit organization supporting the efforts of over 1 million caregivers in more than 70 countries to better understand and combat what many experts believe to be the leading cause of death worldwide:...
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Each year, we recognize World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. World TB Day marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis (TB). This discover opened the way towards...
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