International Brain Day🧠

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2026 InternationalJul 22 International Wed, Jul 22Observances Holiday 2025 InternationalJul 22 International Tue, Jul 22Observances Holiday 2024 InternationalJul 22 International Mon, Jul 22Observances Holiday 2023 InternationalJul 22 International Sat, Jul 22Observances Holiday 2022 InternationalJul 22 International Fri, Jul 22Observances Holiday
Summary
This holiday is designed to increase awareness of brain health issues for people everywhere.

World Brain Day is an opportunity to stop, reflect on your well-being, and begin to take care of yourself on a deeper level. After all, a healthy brain is the key to clear thinking, emotional balance, and a full life.

The World Federation of Neurology was formed in Brussels on July 22nd 1957

The Public Awareness and Advocacy Committee, at the WCN Council of Delegates assembly on 22 September 2013, proposed that July 22nd be celebrated as World Brain Day. The proposal received a warm welcome and was first observed in 2014.

This day is intended to remind that mental and physical health are closely related. The quality of sleep, stress level, nutrition, and even daily activity determine how effectively our brain will work today - and what it will be like tomorrow. It is also important not to ignore the signals that the body gives, because timely diagnosis of neurological disorders can prevent serious consequences.

The brain is the most amazing and complex organ in the human body. It consists of millions and millions of electrical wires which are known as axons.

This distance is the equivalent of travelling around the earth four times in a row! It is thought that there are about eighty billion neurons within the human brain. There are about ten trillion connections between these neurons which help us to read, write, watch, learn, plan, think, feel, move and solve problems on a daily basis. 

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