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It goes by many different names. The International Day of the Child. The Universal Children’s Day. The National Child Day in individual countries.
However, it doesn’t matter what it’s called. November 20 is a special day for children all over the world.
When it all started
It was almost 55 years ago when the General Assembly of the [...]
November 18 is Prematurity Awareness Day.
I am one of those moms who had firsthand experience with prematurity. My twin boys were born 5 weeks early 6 years ago. Even though they’ve grown to be healthy boys, we had to struggle with low birth weight and health problems during the first year of their lives.
This is [...]
Can you imagine your toddler growing up to be 80? 90? 100? It’s not as unlikely as you think.
What a paradox. Children nowadays are purported to be unhealthy – overweight, sedentary, raised on junk food and hooked to the TV and the Internet. They are likely to develop diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. On the [...]
Before there was an embryo, there were an egg and a sperm, collectively called gametes. And before the gametes, there were germ cells. The pathway from germ cells to gametes to embryo is long and complicated and occurs only in the human reproductive organs. Or at least it used to.
There have been previous similar [...]
Road traffic safety and prematurity are just a few of the many interesting health-related events going on in November. However, I’ve prepared a short list focusing on family health.
GLOBAL EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES
November 14 is World Diabetes Day
November 16 is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
November 19 to 20 is the First Global Ministerial [...]
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