CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World First Aid Day 2021 – Observed on second Saturday of September
- World First Aid Day is an annual campaign to ‘promote the importance of first aid training in preventing injuries and saving lives’.
- Every year, the second Saturday of September is observed as World First Aid Day, this year the day falls on September 11.
- Theme this year: The theme for World First Aid Day 2021 is ‘First aid and road safety,‘ according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
- The day was first observed in 2000 by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) according to whome first aid is a ‘humanitarian act’ and should be accessible to everyone.
