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Tell the world what you want to see in your lifetime

Posted on 24 March 2012 by admin

World TB Day 24 March 2012.

Tell the world what you want to see in your lifetime

Progress in the global fight against TB cannot wait. For the World TB Day Campaign 2012, you can make an individual call to stop TB in your lifetime.
Do you want to see zero deaths from TB, faster treatment, an effective vaccine?

Visit www.mystoptb.org to make your own poster or upload a video with a personal message.
The World TB Day Campaign 2012 will allow people all over the world to make an individual call to stop TB in their lifetimes.

In their lifetimes, today’s children should expect to see a world where no one gets sick with TB.
In their lifetimes, women and men should expect to see a world where no one dies from TB.

People of different ages and living in different countries could have these hopes for stopping TB in their lifetimes:

  • Zero deaths from TB
  • Faster treatment
  • A quick, cheap, low-tech test
  • An effective vaccine
  • A world free of TB.

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World AIDS Day

Posted on 01 December 2010 by admin

World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. It is common to hold memorials to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS on this day.

Government and health officials also observe the event, often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day. Governments of other nations have followed suit and issued similar announcements.

History of World Aids Day

World AIDS Day was first conceived in August 1987 by James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, two public information officers for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland

HIV: The basics

HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system – the body’s defence against diseases. Get the basic facts about HIV.

Are HIV and AIDS the same?

No. When someone is described as living with HIV, they have the HIV virus in their body. A person is considered to have developed AIDS when the immune system is so weak it can no longer fight off a range of diseases with which it would normally cope.

How is HIV passed on?

HIV can be passed on through infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids or breast milk.

The most common ways HIV is passed on are:

  • Sex without a condom with someone living with HIV
  • Sharing infected needles, syringes or other injecting drug equipment
  • From an HIV-positive mother (to her child) during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (but with effective treatment and care the risk of transmission can be greatly reduced)

Make a pledge and join people all over the world making a difference on 1 December 2010.

source : http://worldaidsday.org

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Today -The Software Freedom Day

Posted on 17 September 2010 by admin

What is Software Freedom Day?

Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business — in short, everywhere!

It is being celebrated   on the 3rd Saturday of  September every year

The non-profit organization Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.

Objectives

1. to celebrate software freedom and the people behind it

2. to foster a general understanding of software freedom, and encourage adoption of free software and open standards

3. to create more equal access to opportunities through the use of participatory technologies

4. to promote constructive dialogue on responsibilities and rights in the information society

5. to be inclusive of organizations and individuals that share our Vision

6 .to be pragmatic, transparent, and responsible as an organisation

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16 September The World Ozone Day

Posted on 16 September 2010 by admin

Since 1995, on 16 September each year, the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated. This date has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 49/114, to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

This commemoration around the world offers an opportunity to focus attention and action at the global, regional and national levels on the protection of the ozone layer. All Member States are invited to devote this special day to promotion, at the national level, of concrete activities in accordance with the objectives and goals of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendment.

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The World Health Organisation and World Health Day

Posted on 21 April 2010 by admin

April 7 is observed all over as World Health Day. This commemorates the First World Health Assembly in 1948. However the observance started from 1950. WHO provides resources on particular theme of the World Health Day every year.
  • 2010 theme is “Be part of a global movement to make cities healthier” The World Health Organization regards urbanization as an urgent public health concern.

World Health Organisation
Established : April 7, 1948
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Head : Dr. Margaret Chan
Constitution Objective:
“The attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health” Constitution of WHO : Came into force on the first World Health Day, April 7, 1950

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Important Days-India and World

Posted on 28 December 2009 by admin

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January 9 • NRI Day

January 10 • World Laughter Day

January 12 • National Youth Day

January 15 • . Army Day

January 25 • National Tourism Day

January 26 • India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day

January 30 • Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

February 2nd Sunday • World Marriage Day

February 24 • Central Excise Day

February 28 • National Science Day

March 2nd Monday • Commonwealth Day

March 8 • International Women’s Day

March 15 • World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day

March 18 • Ordnance Factories Day (India)

March 21 • World Forestry Day

March 21 • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 22 • World Day for Water

March 23 • World Meteorological Day

March 24 • World TB Day

April 5 • International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day

April 7 • World Health Day

April 17 • World Haemophilia Day

April 18 • World Heritage Day

April 21 • Secretaries’ Day

April 21 • National Civil Services Day

April 22 • Earth Day

April 23 • World Book and Copyright Day

April 26 • World Intellectual Property Day

May 1 • . Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)

May 1st Tuesday • World Asthma Day

May 3 • Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day

May, 2nd Sunday • Mother’s Day

May 4 • Coal Miners’ Day

May 8 • .World Red Cross Day

May 9 • World Thalassaemia Day

May 11 • National Technology Day

May 12 • World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day

May 15 • International Day of the Family

May 17 • World Telecommunication Day

May 24 • Commonwealth Day

May 31 • Anti-tobacco Day

June 4 • International Day of Innocent Children, Victims of Aggression

June 5 • World Environment Day

June, 3rd Sunday • Father’s Day

June 26 • International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

June 14 • World Blood Donor Day

July 1 • Doctor's Day

July 11 • World Population Day

August 1st Sunday • International Friendship Day

August 6 • Hiroshima Day

August 8 • World Senior Citizen’s Day

August 9 • Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day

August 15 • Indian Independence Day

August 18 • Intl.Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 19 • Photography Day

August 29 • National Sports Day

Paurnami Day of Shravana month • Sanskrit Day

September 2 • Coconut Day

September 5 • Teachers’ Day

September 8 • I nternational Literacy Day (UNESCO)

September 15 • Engineers’ Day

September 16 • World Ozone Day

September 21 • Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non- violence (UN)

September 22 • Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)

September 26 • Day of the Deaf

September 27 • World Tourism Day

October 1 • International Day for the Elderly

October 2 • Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Non-Violence

October 3 • World Habitat Day

October 4 • World Animal Welfare Day

October 8 • Indian Air Force Day

October 9 • World Post Office Day

October 10 • National Post Day

October, 2nd Thursday • World Sight Day

October 13 • UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

October 15 • World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)

October 16 • World Food Day

October 24 • UN Day; World Development Information Day

October 30 • World Thrift Day

November 9 • Legal Services Day

November 14 • Children’s Day; Diabetes Day

November 17 • National Epilepsy Day

November 19 • Citizens' Day

November 20 • Africa Industrialisation Day

November 29 • International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December 1 • World AIDS Day

December 3 • World Day of the Handicapped

December 4 • Navy Day

December 7 • Armed Forces Flag Day

December 10 • Human Rights Day; Intl. Children’s Day of Broadcasting

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