Author: Tracy Pritchard
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What do we Know about Lung Cancer?
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. This event originated in 1995 as Lung Cancer Awareness Day. Since then, the community and the movement have grown, leading to this month when people come together to support the lung cancer community and raise awareness about this disease. According to the World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF), lung…
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World Hepatitis Day
World Hepatitis Day is sponsored by the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) on July 28th each year to raise awareness of viral hepatitis. July 28th was the birthday of Dr. Baruch Blumberg (1925-2011) who discovered the hepatitis B virus in 1967 and later developed the first hepatitis B vaccine. It is an officially mandated global public…
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World Blood Donor Awareness Day 2022
In 2005 the World Health Assembly designated June 14th World Blood Donor Day around the globe. It has served as an opportunity to celebrate and bring awareness to blood donation worldwide. This date commemorates the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, who discovered the ABO human blood type system, which best-determined donors and led to the prominent…
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This World Hypertension Day, Know Your Numbers!
World Hypertension Day is a time to consider the importance of understanding high blood pressure (HBP or hypertension) along with its serious medical complications. This condition affects over 30% of the adult population worldwide – that is more than one billion people around the world. In a continuing effort to educate the public on the…
