Annualy International day of mosquito is celebrated on the 20-th of August upon an initiative of Sir Ronald Ross, Indian doctor and parasitologist of Scotish origin, who discovered that the carriers of malaria are mosquito females from a kind of Anopheles.
Ross started the investigation of causes of malaria's occurrence because of dissemination of this illness in India. In 1897 he showed by experience that malaria is transmitted at gnat sting. This disclosure made him a Nobel prize winner for physiology and medicine. In commemoration of his find, the scientist offered to celebrate International day of mosquito per annum.
The main task of this day is to increase social awareness on malaria and methods of protective treatment. Year over year world is attacked with 350-500 mln cases of malaria contamination, 1,3-3 mln of which ends up with fatality. The greatest expansion of this illness is stated in equatorial and sub-equatorial zones. Malaria vaccine does not exist yet, however, it is being developed to confront the virus.
Every year the events dedicated to the International day of mosquito are arranged by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This tradition comes from 1930-s.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On June 9 the International Friendship Day is observed. This is not an official holiday and it was introduced quite recently. However, it has a very noble goal to remind people how much their beloved ones mean for them, and to give a chance to spend an evening with them.
«Let’s learn how to use paper efficiently!» —it is the key thesis of international «paper free» campaign which occurs on every fourth Thursday of October all over the world.
On the 15-th of October, in many countries of the world the Global handwashing day is celebrated. The task of its campaign is a promotion of handwashing using soap as the key approach to the prevention of many illnesses.
Worldwide in many countries an original holiday is celebrated – Tree-planting day (it is also known as Day of tree, Day of trees, Day of forest plantation).
Madeira Nature Festival is a new event arranged since October, 2011 which gives possibility to the participants of exultance to get familiar with natural wealth of archipelago Madeira. During celebration of festival guests will be offered to try different types of healthy and active rest on the ground, as well as in air and ocean.
On the desert coral-island Aldabra which forms part of Seychelles it is found seven species of Aldabra striped snail which has been considered as extinct since 2007, as it is reported by Russian service of BBC.
The ATOM Project is calling for an international moment of silence during the August 29 UN International Day Against Nuclear Tests in memory of all victims of nuclear weapons testing.
On July 20 is celebrated interesting and yet young holiday - the International Cake Day dedicated to friendship and peace between people, countries and nations.
