Events: Jun 2017

World Blood Donor Day

14 June 2017
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Don't wait until disaster strikes. What can you do? Give blood. Give now. Give often. This year's campaign will focus on blood donations in emergencies. In crisis situations, the natural human response is 'what can i do?' 'How can I help?' Therefore, for the 2017 campaign theme is "What can you do...

World Continence Week

19 June 2017 to 25 June 2017
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This year's World Continence Week is from June 19-25. The theme, Incontinence: No laughing matter, tackles a common response by people to laugh off incontinence, accepting it as an inevitable part of childbirth or ageing, not a health issue requiring specialist treatment. The aim of the week is...

World Sickle Day

19 June 2017
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World Sickle Cell Awareness Day has been held annually, in order to help increase public knowledge and raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and the struggles sufferers and their families go through. The date was chosen to commemorate the day on which a resolution was officially adopted by...