2024World Parkinson's Day - First Day Cover

World Parkinson's Day was marked for the first time on April 11, 1997, on the birthday of the English physician James Parkinson (1755 - 1824) who first described the then unknown disease in 1817. The goal of celebrating this day is to raise awareness and knowledge about the causes, symptoms and treatment options. Parkinson's disease is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system in which cells that secrete dopamine die.