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Key Dates 2020

8 March – International Women’s Day

9-7 March – 64th Session of Commission of Women

7 April – World Health Day (launch of the State of the World’s Nursing Report)

24-30 April – World Immunization Week

5 May – Hand Hygiene Day

6 May – International Day of the Midwife

12 May – International Nurses Day (Florence Nightingale’s bicentennial celebration)

17 -22 May – World Health Assembly

21-25 June – ICM Congress

17 September – World Patient Safety Day

22 September – UN General Assembly

September - October – WHO Regional Committee meetings

26-28 October – Nightingale 2020 Conference

12 December – Universal Health Coverage Day