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World Health Day is celebrated every
year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).
World Health Day marks the founding of the World Health Organization and is
an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance
to global health each year.
First observed in 1948. In 2008, World
Health Day focuses on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of
climate change.
In 1948, the First World Health Assembly
called for the creation of a "World Health Day" to mark the founding
of the World Health Organization. Since 1950, World Health Day has been celebrated
on the 7th of April annually. Each year a theme is selected for World Health
Day that highlights a priority area of concern for WHO.
World Health Day is a worldwide opportunity
to focus on key public health issues that affect the international community.
World Health Day launches longer-term advocacy programmes that continue well
beyond 7 April.
Through increased collaboration, the
global community will be better prepared to cope with climate-related health
challenges worldwide. Examples of such collaborative actions are: strengthening
surveillance and control of infectious diseases, ensuring safer use of diminishing
water supplies, and coordinating health action in emergencies. |
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