World Health Day is celebrated yearly on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). The 1st World Health Assembly was held by WHO in 1948. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day.
Purpose:
The World Health Day is celebrated to create “awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO)”.
Activities: related to the particular theme.
Some of the previous themes:
- 2010: Be part of a global movement to make cities healthier
- 2009: Save lives,Make Hospitals Safe in Emergencies
- 2008: Protecting health from the adverse effects of climate change
- 2007: International health security
- 2006: Working together for health
- 2005: Make every mother and child count
- 2004: Road safety
- 2003: Shape the Future of Life: Healthy Environments for Children
- 2002: Move for Health
- 2001: Mental Health: Stop Exclusion, Dare to Care
- 2000: Safe Blood Start with Me
- 1999: Active Aging Makes the Difference
- 1998: Safe Motherhood
- 1997: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- 1996: Healthy Cities for Better Life
- 1995: Global Polio Eradication
With the theme "Be part of a global movement to make cities healthier", World Health Day 2010 focused on urbanization and health. With the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives", events were organized worldwide calling on cities to open up streets for health activities. Stories of urban health champions were gathered to illustrate what people are doing to improve health in their cities.
Now, more people are living in urban settings than in rural areas.Cities concentrate people, opportunities and services however also concentrate risks and hazards for health.
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