World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event for raising awareness regarding hearing loss and promoting ear and hearing care, and calling for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Each year, this event is celebrated on 3 March, covering a specific theme on which the World Health Organization and its partners carry out activities based on this theme.
This site is in support of World Hearing Day. On this site, you can register World Hearing Day event with the World Health Organization and report on your activities after March 3rd, 2026. In addition, you will find information on the events, promotional, and educational materials for World Hearing Day, including a repository of translated materials.
Get ready to make a difference! ? World Hearing Day 2026 is just around the corner, and this year’s theme is all about:
This year, WHD highlights the theme “From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children.”
The campaign focuses on two imperatives:
- Preventing avoidable childhood hearing loss
Ensuring early identification of and care for children with ear or hearing problems - Schools and communities are natural entry points to reach children, parents, and teachers. By integrating hearing care into school health and child health programmes, we can help children hear, learn, and succeed.
Key messages for 2026:
- Around 90 million children aged 5-19 years, live with hearing loss
- Over 60% of childhood hearing loss is preventable through simple, cost-effective public health measures.
- Among those living with ear diseases or hearing loss, early identification and care are crucial to prevent long-term impacts on development, education, and future opportunities.
- Integrating systematic screening and early intervention programmes into school health and child health plans can ensure improved outcomes for children living with ear or hearing problems.lth throughout life.
Join Us! Empower yourself and others by participating in World Hearing Day 2026 events.
Please follow this link to the WHO site specific to this 2026
- Key messages
- Call for actions
- Communication objectives
- WHO technical tools
- Integrating childhood hearing screening
- Prevention of hearing loss and ear care
- Assessing impact using tracer indicator
- Target audience
- Related resources
Activity Submission
Submit your planned 2026 activity. This lets the WHO and your peers know which organizations are offering an event this year.
Edit an Existing Activity
Change the details of an activity you have already submitted. We encourage you to modify as further details become available. Particularly after your event is held
See Other Activities
Look at events planned regionally and globally. Features will include maps and search.
Site description:
- Home page – you are here
- Pre Register your anticipated event with the World Health Organization. Registration is now closed.
- We offer real-time Infographics about locations and plans. See multiple formats under the “Planned Events” tab above.
- Report on your Activities. Used to report your actual event. This just opened. It is also possible to edit your events
- User Registration and User Login – or even Reset Password – help us remember you to facilitate reporting your outcomes and make next year easier.
- News – current activities and commentary.
- Promotional materials – to help you implement a World Hearing Day project – or just to advertise the global event. We provided translations in more than 40 languages last year
- Contact – send us a quick note for advice.
Promotional
Materials
We offer digital copies of event announcements, promotional materials, and other resource materials in multiple languages.
Link to WHO WHD Site
The WHO offers an excellent overview of the planned focus for this year’s events. Official language documents are on that site. You will also find videos and links to the previous year’s activities.
Link to World Hearing Forum Site
The World Hearing Forum offers other resources that may be valuable to you in preparing your event.
Member States, partners and stakeholders in the field are encouraged to organize events to raise awareness in communities, in order to address misconceptions around ear and hearing care and ensure accessible ear and hearing care.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2025 Report on Activity is available here.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2024 Report on Activity is available here.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2023 Report on Activity is available here.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2022 Report on Activity is available here.
Please follow this link from the past for an important video message about World Hearing Day and broader hearing issues from the Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He announced the WHO’s Primary Ear and Hearing Care Manual, which was released on March 3rd, 2023