January 5th was chosen as HPTH World Awareness Day because it was on that day, in 1994, that a 6 year old girl in Iceland, became the first child in the world to be treated with replacement parathyroid hormone (PTH) - our missing hormone.

2007

The first World Hypoparathyroidism Awareness Day was held on January 5th 2007. In the UK we marked the day by getting it listed on the NHS Health Events calendar and having a poster designed which was sent out to members as part of a fundraising drive. In August of this year, we appeared in the Daily Mail as part of an article on hormonal  conditions where  HPTH UK member Jill Dewsbury kindly shared her experiences.

2008

On the second year, we sent out posters to all our members, our advisors and related organisations. We were also contacted by health centres and endocrine departments who were kind enough to choose to highlight Hypoparathyroidism on their display boards.

2009

This year we were contacted by the media. Director Liz Glenister was interviewed in a BBC West Midlands radio show along with Dr Nick Shaw, HPTH patient Sonia Williams and our Admin Officer, Caina Cuthbertson. We were also invited to appear in the Woman's Own magazine and member Sue Baskett bravely stepped up to be interviewed about her own HPTH experiences.

2010

This year we are launching our new website to mark our Awareness Day - we hope you like it! Please help us to raise awareness about Hypoparathyroidism by sending the link to others (like your doctor maybe?) and asking them to do the same ... and so on...