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𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦 (𝗡𝗧𝗗𝘀) 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟹𝟶𝚃𝙷 𝙹𝙰𝙽𝚄𝙰𝚁𝚈 🅃🄷🄴🄼🄴: 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.  𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀  The COVID-19 pandemic and an unpredictably changing global environment provide difficulties for the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) community's activities. Despite these obstacles, progress has been achieved in some nations' efforts to eliminate at least one NTD in the past year. The milestones for preventing, controlling, eliminating, and eradicating a varied range of 20 neglected tropical diseases and disease groups are part of the progress toward the global targets for 2030 (The road map for NTD) as specified by the World Health Organization.  The Neglected Tropical Diseases include:  Buruli ulcer,  Chagas disease,  Dengue and Chikungunya, Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease), Echinococcosis,  Foodborne trematodes,  Human African trypanosomiasis

​ 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗟𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟸𝟿𝚃𝙷 𝙹𝙰𝙽𝚄𝙰𝚁𝚈  🅃🄷🄴🄼🄴: 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄: 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘆 One of the oldest known diseases, leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is still detected in various regions of the world, particularly in Africa, Asia, and South America. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted leprosy programs and decreased the number of newly identified cases, leprosy remains.  Every year on the last Sunday in January, we celebrate World Leprosy Day to honour those who have survived leprosy, increase awareness of the condition, and call for an end to the discrimination that remains a major barrier to the disease's eradication. In doing so, we promote the equal treatment of leprosy patients and re-educate the public about the disease by debunking long-held myths about it at local, state, and international levels. The theme for this year emphasises the fact that leprosy is treatable and preventable, and that if we are committed to this cause, w

​ 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝙹𝙰𝙽𝚄𝙰𝚁𝚈 Reading and writing skills are crucial to one's development, but those who are blind or visually impaired have some challenges with these skills. World Braille Day aims to narrow the communication gap between people with normal sight and those who are blind or partially sighted by raising awareness of the importance of Braille as a communication tool. We want everyone to be aware of how Braille helps people who are blind or visually impaired fully realise their human rights. We also acknowledge the contributions made by French educator Louis Braille to the development of the Braille system.  With the use of raised dots that can be interpreted with the fingers, Braille provides a tactile representation of alphabetic and numeric symbols. Millions of blind or visually impaired persons now can read and write, considerably enhancing their independence and capacity to engage in society. Photo credit: The Quint

​ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 ☎️   WHAT ASPECTS OF MY HEALTH SHOULD I FOCUS ON IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY? 🄼🄾🄽🅃🄷 Cervical Cancer Awareness Month  Skin Cancer Awareness Month Thyroid Awareness Month 🅆🄴🄴🄺 World Leprosy Week (29th Jan - 4th Feb) 🄳🄰🅈 4th:   World Braille Day 29th: World Leprosy Day 30th: World Neglected Tropical Disease Day Can't find a popular health awareness day, week or month in January, kindly indicate it in the comment section. About The Health Awareness Call ☎️ There is no doubt that people often don't pay enough attention to their health, healthcare professionals inclusive.  Because of this, means to make health awareness easy birthed this campaign:  “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 ☎️“ Not only for today or tomorrow but for the rest of this month and several months to come, running its course throughout the year. Here is how you can support my campaign: •𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 www.dredeh.com •𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 🄵🄾🄻🄻