Theme 2020

WHO has decided the theme for 2020 is “Hearing for Life. Don’t let hearing loss limit you”.The selection of the theme by the World Health Organization expresses the key message that that timely and effective involvement can ensure that people with hearing loss are able to achieve their full potential. It recognizes that at all life stages good hearing health and communication connect us to the world. It highlights that appropriate and timely interventions can facilitate access to employment, communication, and education. There are insufficient hearing and ear care, across the globe. Unfortunately, across the globe, ear and hearing care are insufficient, and the WHO proclaims that all public health systems should include ear and hearing care.

INFORMATION SOURCE: https://www.who.int/deafness/world-hearing-day/whd-2020/en/

Causes of hearing loss

Congenital causes

Congenital causes may lead to hearing loss at the time of birth or soon after birth. Hearing loss can be caused by genetic factors, hereditary and non-hereditary or complications during childbirth and pregnancy.

• Infectious disease during pregnancy

• lack of oxygen or less weight at the time of birth
• inappropriate use of drugs during pregnancy, such as antimalarial drugs, aminoglycosides, and cytotoxic drugs.
• severe jaundice during the birth of a child, which can damage the hearing nerve in a newborn infant.

Acquired causes

Acquired causes may lead to deafness at any age, such as:

• aging, in particular, due to the degeneration of sensory cells

• Ear infections or infectious diseases like mumps and measles.
• Exposure to excessive noise such as occupational noise from machinery and explosions
• recreational exposure to loud sounds such as use audio devices at high volumes, attending regular concerts, nightclubs, and sporting events
• wax blocking the ear canal.

Wildlife today faces many different challenges, which include, commercial development, overgrazing, industrialized farming, loss of habit, trafficking, poaching. This Day is a chance to celebrate the many beautiful and varied sorts of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that their conservation provides to people.

History of World Wildlife Day

World wildlife day was proposed by Thailand at a United Nations General Assembly. It was decided that it might be celebrated on March 3rd because that’s the day, during which the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was adopted.

Sustaining all life on Earth: Theme World Wildlife 2020

Earth is home to countless species of fauna and flora. The theme for this year is, “sustaining all life on earth”. Historically we are dependent on elements of the biosphere for all our needs, for example, the energy we use, the food we eat and, the air we breathe. However, non-sustainable human activities and overexploitation of the species and natural resources are harming the world’s biodiversity. Nearly ¼ of all species are presently in danger at risk of going destroyed in the coming decades.

INFORMATION SOURCE: https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-wildlife-day

How it is celebrated?

There happens usually different kinds of seminars and presentations which highlight the state of the world’s flora and fauna. There are a number of charity drivers which help in raising money for the protection of endangered animals.

This Day reminds us of the urgent need to pick up the fight against wide-ranging economic, wildlife crime, human-induced reduction of species, environmental and social impacts.