25 Apr
The 25th of April every year is world Malaria day that is celebrated all over the world. World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control. Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that continues to have a disturbing impact on the…
07 Apr
WORLD HEALTH DAY 2022: April 7 is observed as World Health Day. In celebration of World Health Day, the World Health Organization aims to discuss health issues and draw attention to specific health issues facing people all around the world. In 1948, during the first World Health Assembly, the 7th of April was designated as the…
06 Apr
Childhood marriage is a common practice in developing countries, such as sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, South Asia, and East Asia. Despite the media’s focus on the high number of girls forced into early marriage, a staggering number of young boys have also been forced into early marriage. Despite the decline in child marriage,…
25 Mar
On March 24, we highlight World Tuberculosis Day to bring attention to the TB epidemic’s devastating health, economic, and social consequences and to step up efforts to end it. Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, which led to the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. numbers TB…
24 Mar
Famine in Somalia is due to the following three consecutive dry seasons, this was the driest period in decades. More than half of Somalia’s population faces severe hunger or starvation this year, primarily children. That is 2011/12, 2016/17, and the current one 2021/22. According to the World Food Programme, 5.6 million people are food insecure,…
“GROUNDWATER, MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE” Each year on 22 March, World Water Day draws attention to the importance of freshwater and argues for sustainable management of freshwater resources. This involves addressing the global water crisis in support of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. The chemical elements hydrogen and…
17 Mar
IWD 2022 CAMPAIGN THEME: #BREAKTHEBIAS Being a woman is like walking from one country to another. In a world where men think they have the power over everything including women and their bodies. We live in a society where women think they are met to just be given by men. And this makes them lazy…
08 Mar
Every year, International Women’s Day falls on 8 March. In it, ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities can reflect on their progress, demand change, and celebrate their acts of courage and determination. HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. On February 28, 1909, the Socialist Party…
16 Feb
HIV/AIDS and poverty have strong bi-directional connections in resource-poor settings. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is both a manifestation of poverty conditions, taking hold where livelihoods are unsustainable, and the result of the epidemic’s overwhelming impact on social and economic conditions. HIV/AIDS is both a cause and an outcome of poverty, and poverty is both a cause…
04 Feb
The 4th of February is World Cancer Day all over the world. The theme this year is “Close the Care Gap”. It is aimed at raising awareness of the equity gap that affects almost everyone, in high as well as low and middle-income countries and is costing lives. It is led by the Union for…