24/06/2021
The eleventh annual World Vitiligo Day takes place on June 25th, 2021.
Each year WVD is officially hosted by a different city and in 2021 it is the turn of 🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia to act as campaign headquarters.
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A rare skin disease, Vitiligo occurs due to lack of melanin, loss of pigment creating pale white patches on the skin. Almost 1-2 per cent of the population across the globe is suffering from this rare condition. Vitiligo is often met with misconceptions, so to create awareness among people, World Vitiligo Day 2021 is observed annually on June 25. This date was chosen in a memorial to music artist, Michael Jackson, who suffered from this rare skin disease until his death, which occurred on June 25, 2009.
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