CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Haemophilia Day – Observed on Apr 17
- World Haemophilia Dayis observed on 17 April every year to increase awareness about haemophilia disease and other inherited bleeding disorders.
- In 1989, World Haemophilia Day was started by the World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) in honour of WFH founder Frank Schnavel’s birthday.
- The themefor the year 2021 World Hemophilia Day is ‘Adapting to Change, sustaining care in a new world.’
- This theme has been decided considering the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on people with a bleeding disorder and is it important for the world to stand together in this changing scenario.
