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Tuesday, 1 May 2018

World Asthma Day / May Day (International Labour Day) 2018


ASTHMA DAY


World Asthma Day 2018 will be celebrated all across the world on 1st of May (1st Tuesday of May), at Tuesday.World Asthma Day is a big event celebrated all over the world by the people to increase the awareness among public worldwide about the precautions and preventions of the asthma. This event is annually organized on international level by the GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma) in order to increase the asthma awareness all around the world. It is celebrated on annual basis at 1st Tuesday of the May month. World Asthma Day celebration was first started celebrating in the year 1998 by the GINA in more than 35 countries after its first “World Asthma Meeting” in the Barcelona, Spain.

BJECTIVES OF WORLD ASTHMA DAY

World asthma day is celebrated every year by organizing lots of programmes and events to fulfill the following objectives:
> The HSE National Asthma Programme (NAP) was established in the year 2010 by the Asthma Society, Ireland aiming to improve the asthma care.
> To identify the patient for accurate treatment of primary or secondary level based on the standard guidelines.
> Maximize the number of people without asthma and minimize the number of people with asthma to get proper control.
> Reduce death rates caused by the asthma.
> Enroll all the asthma patients to ensure that all patients are diagnosed and getting treatment.
> To reduce an emergency department visits because of the asthma and number of days spent by the asthmatic patients in the hospital.
May Day
International Workers Day also popularly known as Labour Day is celebrated to mark the hardships of laborers and working class. The Labour Day is promoted by International Labour Movement, socialists, communists and anarchists. It occurs annually on the first of May. In India, the very first May Day was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai. On this day around India organizations and trade unions arrange fun activities to understand the importance of laborers and sometimes political leaders give speeches.
The history of Labour Day is pretty interesting. It goes back to May 1, 1886, when labor unions went on a strike in the United States of America and demanded that workers should not be forced to work more than eight hours a day. The strike was followed by a bomb blast in Chicago’s Haymarket Square on May 4. The bomb blast took lives of several people and police officers and injured more than 100 people.
However, the strike did not have any immediate effect on the laborers work but it helped in establishing the eight hour work day rule in India and other countries of the world.
In India to celebrate the Labour Day, the first initiative was taken by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan wherein the Comrade Malayapuram Singaravelu Chettiar, founder of the first trade union, arranged two meetings to celebrate the day. One meeting was held at the Triplicane Beach, and the other took place at the beach opposite the Madras High Court. In the meeting, Singaravelar passed a resolution that government should announce a national holiday on May 1 which will be marked as Labour Day. This was the first time a red flag was used in India.
On this day, workers and laborers come together and showcase their strength that indicates that how effectively together they can struggle to bring a positive reform for the working class in the society.

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