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World Cancer day 2017 "We can. I can."

   World Cancer Day World Cancer Day (WCD) World Cancer Day is celebrated every year on 4 th  of February all over the world to commemorate all the efforts done by the WHO, United Nations, governmental and nongovernmental health organizations towards making the strategy to fight against cancer as well as distributing the real message about this epidemic disease and its treatments including its precautionary measures by uniting all the people a day on global basis. It is celebrated to plan some new strategies as well as implement some new programs which help to aware more people about this disease. This event is organized on annual basis under the supervision of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and other leading health organizations involved for cancer fighting. World Cancer Day 2017 World Cancer Day 2017 will be celebrated all across the world on 4 th  of February, at Saturday. History of World Cancer Day World Cancer Day celebration was planned in t

World Leprosy Day

timeanddate.com World Leprosy Day World Leprosy Day is annually observed around the world on the last Sunday of January. The day was initiated in 1954 by French philanthropist and writer, Raoul Follereau, as a way to raise global awareness of this deadly ancient disease and call attention to the fact that it can be prevented, treated and cured. Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who debunked the notion that leprosy was hereditary. Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who debunked the notion that leprosy was hereditary. ©thinkstockphoto.com Commemorate World Leprosy Day On this day, organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) hold public and educational outreach events where they give people information about how to prevent the spread of the disease. Doctors and other medical professionals spend time tal