Events

Africa Cancer Week

A truly global event taking place every year on 1-7 February, Africa Cancer Week unites the African population in the fight against cancer. It aims to save millions of preventable deaths each year by raising awareness and education about the disease, pressing governments and individuals across Africa to take action

World Cancer Day

A truly global event taking place every year on 4 February, World Cancer Day unites the world’s population in the fight against cancer.

International Childhood Cancer Day

Children cancer is different from adult cancer. In most cases, such a difference reflects on the infected part. It affects children of both sexes and all ages. As a result of the advances in treatment, the survival rate among children is higher than before.

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

March is the month of colorectal awareness. It gathers the colon cancer community, including patients, survivors and health care providers to organize events and to raise awareness about colon cancer and screening methods.

World Kidney Day

World Kidney Day is a global awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. It is celebrated every 8th of March by organizing many events and campaigns in all parts of the world by community and concerned bodies, with the aim of raising awareness for everyone, the awareness about preventive behaviors, risk factors and about how to live with the kidney disease.

World Down Syndrome Day

In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared 21 March as the World Down Syndrome Day, with effect from 2012, and invited all member states, relevant organizations of the U N and other international organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to observe the World Down Syndrome Day in an appropriate manner, in order to raise public awareness of Down syndrome.

Africa TB Week

Africa TB Week, falling on March 23rd – 30th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of Africa, causing the deaths of nearly one-and-a-half million people each year, mostly in developing countries. AHO joins the international community to commemorate Africa TB Week and World TB Day on 24 March.

Each year we commemorate Africa TB Week 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 bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease. Despite significant progress over the last decades, TB continues to be the top infectious killer worldwide, claiming over 4 500 lives a day. The emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) poses a major health security threat and could risk gains made in the fight against TB.

World TB Day

World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of nearly one-and-a-half million people each year, mostly in developing countries. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way towards diagnosing and curing TB. AHO joins the international community to commemorate World TB Day.

Africa Vaccination Month

Africa Immunisation Month is commemorated every year across Africa during the month of April, 1-30. Immunisation averts 2-3 million deaths annually. However, an additional 1.5 million deaths could be avoided if global immunisation could improve. AHO is proposing immunisation month dedicated to Africa. A proposal will be passed on to the AHO Health Congress the supreme decision-making body of AHO to approve the month.

World Immunisation Week

Immunisation averts 2-3 million deaths annually. However, an additional 1.5 million deaths could be avoided if global immunisation could improve.
In 2014, 115 million infants worldwide received diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine
85%In 2014, about 85% of the world's children received one dose of measles vaccine by their first birthday