World Zoonoses Day

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World Zoonoses Day is observed every year on 6 July to raise awareness about the risk of zoonotic diseases.

• Important facts

• The day began on July 6, 1885, when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against the rabies virus.

• Zoonoses are infectious diseases (viruses, bacteria, and parasites) that spread from animals to humans.

• Some examples of zoonotic diseases are Ebola, swine flu, encephalitis, covid 19 etc.

• COVID 19 is also a zoonotic disease.

• Globally, approximately one billion cases of disease, and millions of deaths, are caused by zoonoses, and 60% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, according to the WHO.

• Other important health related days 

• February 4- World Cancer Day

• March 21 - World Down Syndrome Day

• March 24- World Tuberculosis Day

• April 7- World Health Day

• April 17 - World Haemophilia Day

• April 25 - World Malaria Day

• July 28- World Hepatitis Day

• September 28 - World Rabies Day

• October 12- World Arthritis Day

• November 12 - World Pneumonia Day

• November 14 - World Diabetes Day

• December 1- World AIDS Day