The Week of Deaf People / Week of the Deaf has been celebrated annually across the world during the last full week of September to recognise that deaf people have our own communities, our own cultures, our own languages, sign languages, which unite them all.

During 2026 World Lung Day, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is championing the theme “A Lifetime of Lung Health,” highlighting the shared responsibility to protect and promote lung health at every stage of life.

World Rabies Day is held every year on September 28, this date was chosen as it is the anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur – the first person to successfully create a vaccine against rabies.

In 2000, World Heart Day was founded to inform people around the globe that Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the world’s leading cause of death and is the biggest global awareness-raising platform for CVD, celebrated every year on 29 September.

Meervoudige of multisysteematrofie (MSA) is een progressieve neurologische aandoening, MSA wordt veroorzaakt door het afsterven van zenuwcellen in specifieke zones van de hersenen.