World Hearing Day 2023 - Ear and hearing care for all! - Let’s make it a reality.

World Hearing Day 2023 will highlight the importance of integrating ear and hearing care within primary care, as an essential component of universal health coverage.

Key messages

• Ear and hearing problems are among the most common problems encountered in the community.
• Over 60% of these can be identified and addressed at the primary level of care.
• Integration of ear and hearing care into primary care services is possible through training and capacity building at this level.
• Such integration will benefit people and help countries move towards the goal of universal health coverage.

On this day, WHO will launch a new training manual - Primary ear and hearing care training manual. The manual will be accompanied with trainer’s handbook and other community resources. Also presents WHO's call to governments, industry partners and civil society globally to Inform people about the importance of ear and hearing care and encourage them to seek services; Encourage governments to integrate primary ear and hearing care into training programmes for health care providers at primary level.

More information: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day/2023?fbclid=IwAR3ZGR2su2OAxg6JvIe3wdiuUxnyfbJ8IG1NRnxwokRmo9SVRY4JCoWwPO8