World Rabies Day

World Rabies Day is observed on 28 September every year to make people aware of the prevention regarding rabies and to highlight the progress in defeating this horrifying disease. Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease. It can spread to people and pets if they are bitten or scratched by a rabid animal. In the United States, rabies is mostly found in wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.

World Rabies Day is the first awareness programme to dedicate for rabies prevention. It helps individuals, civil society, and governments to connect and share their work. World Rabies Day is a great way towards the elimination of rabies deaths by 2030

International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI)

The 74th UN General Assembly proclaimed 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) at the UN level in October 2019.

The day had been proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference in 2015, following the adoption of the 38 C/Resolution 57 declaring 28 September of every year as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).

The theme of the 2021 International Day for Universal Access to Information will highlight the role of access to information laws and their implementation.

UNESCO and its intergovernmental programs - the International Programme for Development of Communication and the Information for all Programme  to provide a platform and frame for all the stakeholders to participate in international discussions on policy and guidelines in the area of access to information.