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World Hearing day

World Hearing Day, 3rd March

What is World Hearing Day and what is it trying to achieve?
World Hearing Day aims to raise global awareness about hearing loss, promote ear and hearing care practices, and encourage people to seek services to prevent deafness and hearing loss by addressing societal misperceptions and stigma surrounding hearing issues; essentially, it strives to make ear and hearing care accessible to everyone worldwide.
Who created it? 
The World Health Organization (WHO) created World Hearing Day.
Why the 3rd? 
Resembles the shape of two ears.
World Health Organisation’s work includes:.
 Information taken from WHO website https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day and report from Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General, World Health Organization.
  • Guiding, assisting and supporting Member States to increase awareness of ear and hearing care issues;
  • Facilitating data generation and dissemination of ear and hearing care-related data and information, such as through the World report on hearing;
  • Providing guidance to strengthen rehabilitation for people with hearing loss through the Package of interventions for rehabilitation for hearing loss;
  • Supporting health workforce training in ear and hearing care through the Primary ear and hearing care training resources;
  • Promoting safe listening to reduce the risk of recreational noise-induced hearing loss through the WHO Make Listening Safe initiative;
  • Observing and promoting World Hearing Day as an annual advocacy event;
  • Building partnerships to develop strong hearing care programmes, including initiatives for including affordable and accessible ear and hearing care services and hearing aids in service delivery approaches suitable for low-and middle- income countries and cochlear implants;
  • And advocating for ear and hearing care through the World Hearing Forum.