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Organization: Hui’er Ghana Hearing
Title: World Hearing Day Celeberation 2025 Report
Alternate tite:
World Hearing Day celebration 2025 report
Description:
World Hearing Day 2025 was celebrated on March 3, 2025, with the theme “Changing mindsets: Empower yourself to make ear and hearing care a reality for all”. The World Health Organization (WHO) used this occasion to advocate for access to rehabilitation and affordable hearing devices for everyone.The key Highlights of World Hearing Day 2025 includes,
– Launch of Global Standard: WHO and ITU launched a global standard for safe listening in video game play and sports to prevent hearing loss.
– School Module: A school module on smart listening was introduced for inclusion into educational programs to promote hearing health among young people.
– Awareness and Events: Various events were organized to raise awareness about hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care. People were encouraged to register their events on the World Hearing Day website to get global visibility.
– Small Grants Program: WHO, World Hearing Forum, and CGHH launched the WHD Small Grants Program, providing up to $800 USD to support World Hearing Day activities.
Importance of World Hearing Day:
– Hearing Loss Statistics: Approximately 40 million people in Africa live with disabling hearing loss, resulting in significant economic losses and reduced quality of life.
– Prevention: Over 60% of childhood hearing loss can be prevented with simple public health measures, and many cases of adult hearing loss can be prevented or mitigated through timely interventions ¹ ².
Primary site: AFR – Ghana
Impactful Story:
Growing up a woman at the age of 65years, realized she was not hearing clearly when she finally went on pension. she cast her mind back to the occupation she found herself, which was selling of fish at the sea side.Due to high sea waves and fishermen shouting here and there she gradually lost her ability to speak and hear lower tones, unless you scream.She came to that absolute realization when she was on pension and could not hear her grandchildren well when they speak to her this intrigued her interest in seeking for intervention during the hearing screenings.
General Photos
A hearing screening done by one of our teams in Tema west
Donation of hearing Screening equipment to UEW
Radio station education on changing mindset
Hearing screening for individuals in a locality by our team
Types of Engagement:
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations:
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: No