World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event for raising awareness regarding hearing loss and promoting ear and hearing care, and calling for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Each year, this event is celebrated on 3 March, covering a specific theme on which the World Health Organization and its partners carry out activities based on this theme.
This year’s World Hearing Day theme: Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all! focuses on overcoming the challenges posed by societal misperceptions and stigmatizing mindsets through awareness-raising and information-sharing, targeted at the public and healthcare providers.
Key messages:
- Globally, over 80% of ear and hearing care needs remain unmet.
- Unaddressed hearing loss poses an annual cost of nearly US$1 trillion globally.
- Deeply ingrained societal misperceptions and stigmatizing mindsets are key factors that limit efforts for preventing and addressing hearing loss.
- Changing mindsets related to ear and hearing care is crucial to improving access and mitigating the cost of unaddressed hearing loss.
As part of our commitment towards changing mindsets related to ear, raising awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promoting ear and hearing care across Berekum and its environs, our ENT clinic is organizing a Free ENT Screening within the said locations below.
Don’t miss this opportunity, for further enquiries call the numbers on the flyer above. Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all!
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