National Advance Care Planning Week
National Advance Care Planning WeekTM encourages you, regardless of your age or health status, to make your future healthcare preferences known. Our campaign challenges everyone to discuss what living well means to you and to consider who you would want to speak for you, if you could no longer communicate […]
World Down’s Syndrome Day
World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) , 21 March, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome […]
World Tuberculosis Day
Each year we commemorate World TB Day to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the […]