Read more“Hepatitis A and B are vaccine preventable diseases, yet they continue to be the most commonly reported vaccine preventable diseases. Getting vaccinated, especially if you are at high risk, provides the best protection from these diseases.”
– J Robert Galvin
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Million occupational accidents occur each year. Million occupational diseases occur each year. Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease. In 2003, the International Labour Organization (ILO), began to observe World Day in order to stress...Undermined – An epidemic in South Africa’s Gold Mines
Mine workers in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world, with more than 760 000 new cases per year connected to the mining industry. Undermined explores the river of TB flowing out from the mines, and why a vaccine is critical to the...EXPOSED: Chapter 1: The Global Epidemic
Natalie Skipper survived multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, but not before it flipped her life upside down. We weave together Natalie’s story – which took place in Nashville, Tennessee – with a global perspective on the pervasive threat posed by TB around the...The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking
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World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. The primary goal of the World Cancer Day is to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer by 2020.
