World First Aid Day 2026: Date, Theme and Key Facts

Key facts

• World First Aid Day is celebrated every year on the second Saturday of September and has been observed since 2003.
• The theme for World First Aid Day 2026 is 'First Aid in Migration Contexts'.
• The theme for World First Aid Day 2025 was 'saving lives in a changing climate', observed on September 13, 2025.
• World First Aid Day is coordinated by the Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
• The IFRC First Aid Vision 2030 aims to ensure at least one person in every household, school, and workplace is trained in life-saving skills.
• By mid-2024, an estimated 304 million people were living as international migrants worldwide.
• Past themes include First Aid and Sports (2024), First Aid in the Digital World (2023), and Lifelong first aid learning (2022).
• During World First Aid Day 2025, the Jazan branch of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority set a world record with 4,980 participants learning first aid techniques in a single 60-minute session.