Why World Health Day is Celebrated

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April 7 is observed as World Health Day. It marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. Every year, World Health Day is observed to draw public attention to a specific health-related topic.

Every year, the WHO highlights a new health topic that needs serious attention. The theme of World Health Day 2022 is "Our Planet, Our Health". In 2021, when the world was struggling to free itself from the clutches of the coronavirus, the WHO World Health Day theme was "Building a fairer, healthier world". Before that, in 2020, it was "Support Nurses and Midwives".

In 1948, the WHO held the first Health Assembly. Two years later, it was decided that April 7 will be observed as World Health Day. This day not only marks the WHO's founding but also draws global attention to healthcare. Including World Health Day, the WHO campaigns for several other health causes– World Malaria Day, World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World No Tobacco Day, World AIDS Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Chagas Disease Day, World Patient Safety Day, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and World Hepatitis Day, World Hand Hygiene Day, World Food Safety Day, World Suicide Prevention Day among many.

A healthy society is the need of the hour as more than 13 million deaths worldwide are caused due to environmental causes and the climate crisis is one of the biggest threats mankind is facing. "During a pandemic, a polluted planet, and increasing diseases like cancer, asthma, and heart disease, on World Health Day 2022, WHO will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being," says an official statement from the WHO.