3 MARCH 2024: WORLD HEARING DAY – LET’S TAKE ACTION!
World Hearing Day is a campaign held each year by Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the World Health Organization (WHO). Activities take place across the globe and an event is hosted at the World Health Organization on March 3. The campaign’s...
NATIONAL EPILEPSY WEEK: 12 – 18 FEBRUARY: LET’S STAMP OUT STIGMA
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), some 50 million people worldwide live with Epilepsy, and around 50 percent experience some form of stigma. Recent indications are that a majority of those diagnosed with Epilepsy choose not to share the diagnosis with...
WORLD DAY of the SICK – February 11: The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
The sick, and the world, need ‘therapy’ of love, pope says in message Pope Francis has issued his message for the 2024 observance of the World Day of the Sick, which is Feb. 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. “It is not good that man should be alone”...
COUNSELLING & SPIRITUAL CARE IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA
CATHCA in collaboration with HospiVision, facilitated training focused on “Spiritual Care and counselling for the Sick” for its members based in the diocese of Gaborone-Botswana. There were 21 participants representing the three health facilities (Pabalelong Hospice,...