World Telecommunications Day
World Telecommunication Day is celebrated on May 17 each year by the 154 member countries of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
This date marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in Paris, in 1865. The theme chosen for the 13th World Telecommunications Day is “Telecommunications and health”.
The International Telecommunication Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) pooled their resources to prepare for and celebrate this day in 1981.
Telecommunications play an essential role in economic and social development and this is particularly true in the field of health.
Modern telecommunications provide valuable support to healthcare, from local radio broadcasts of health education programs to remote villages to the most complex applications for emergency treatment in the event of an accident.
Telecommunications, which constitute an essential element of any health education program, makes it possible to ensure the continuous teaching of health measures aimed at preventing diseases and reducing their incidence as well as mobilizing the public when there is a risk of epidemics.
Programs that deal with safety education help reduce the number of accidents that leave so many disabled. Telecommunications make it possible to ensure essential connections in the event of a critical situation, when the speed of intervention is the decisive factor in saving human lives. They also allow specialist doctors, separated by thousands of kilometers, to exchange information.
Telecommunications brings together more and more people from all regions of the world, even the most isolated, who can share their knowledge of modern and traditional medical techniques in the fight against disease. For the greater good of humanity.
This date marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in Paris, in 1865. The theme chosen for the 13th World Telecommunications Day is “Telecommunications and health”.
The International Telecommunication Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) pooled their resources to prepare for and celebrate this day in 1981.
Telecommunications play an essential role in economic and social development and this is particularly true in the field of health.
Modern telecommunications provide valuable support to healthcare, from local radio broadcasts of health education programs to remote villages to the most complex applications for emergency treatment in the event of an accident.
Telecommunications, which constitute an essential element of any health education program, makes it possible to ensure the continuous teaching of health measures aimed at preventing diseases and reducing their incidence as well as mobilizing the public when there is a risk of epidemics.
Programs that deal with safety education help reduce the number of accidents that leave so many disabled. Telecommunications make it possible to ensure essential connections in the event of a critical situation, when the speed of intervention is the decisive factor in saving human lives. They also allow specialist doctors, separated by thousands of kilometers, to exchange information.
Telecommunications brings together more and more people from all regions of the world, even the most isolated, who can share their knowledge of modern and traditional medical techniques in the fight against disease. For the greater good of humanity.