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The 10th edition of the World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus day is around the corner! This year the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus community will celebrate it under the theme Elevate Your Voice all around the world. Celebrations will take place throughout the month of October through various colourful activities.

On October 25, persons with Spina Bifida and their families worldwide will come together to celebrate the 10th edition of the World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day 2022 (#WSBHD22) on the theme: “Elevate Your Voice”.

On July 15, 2022, IF held an experience exchange and sharing webinar named ‘IF webinar Learning from Experience: Strategic Advocacy for Primary Prevention’. The webinar was an experience exchange and twinning opportunity for all IF members, in which representatives from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin-America and Europe who have advanced their national advocacy for primary prevention shared their key element of success, the process, lessons learned and advice for all participants.

IF invites you to attend and present your work during the upcoming 29th International Conference on Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Not only the Conference is organised in order to share interests and updates from the national researchers around the world, but it will also cover different sessions on different topics relevant to IF Members such as urology, ageing, sexual health, and mental health.

Each year, the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IF) celebrates the International Women’s Day (#IWD) on March 8th 2022 together with our Global Community and IF Women Focus Group Discussions. We are calling YOU to join us, the activists, leaders, innovators and change-makers working every day to build an equal future.

IF organizes its yearly awareness week for primary prevention of NTDs during the World Folic Acid Awareness Week from January 3 to 9, 2022.