Universal Children’s Day: (excerpted from http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/universal-childrens-day) On December 14, 1954, the UN General Assembly recommended that all countries should introduce an annual event from 1956 known as Universal Children’s Day to encourage fraternity and understanding between children all over the world and promoting the welfare of children. It was recommended that individual countries should choose [...]

World Diabetes Day: (excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Diabetes_Day) World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes mellitus world and is held on November 14 of each year. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to the alarming rise of diabetes around the world. [...]