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World Health Day (World Health Day) is noted annually April 7 On the day of creation in 1948, the World Health Organization (World Health Organization, Who). During the time that has passed since that historical moment, the 194th state of the world became members of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The annual holding of a health day has become a tradition since 1950. Information and educational events of the day are held so that people can understand how much health means in their lives. And health organizations are designed to solve the question of what they need to do to make people's health around the world better.

Every year, World Health Day is dedicated to the global problems facing the health of the planet, and takes place under various motto: “In the safety of your blood – salvation of the life of many”, “Activity is the path to longevity”, “Pregnancy is a special event in life. Let's make it safe ”,“ protect the health from climate changes ”,“ 1000 cities – 1000 lives ”,“ urbanization and health ”,“ resistance to antimicrobial drugs and its global spread ”,“ good health adds to life for the years ”,“ high blood pressure ”,“ Little bite – a source of great danger ”,“ Safety of food products ”,“ We ​​will win diabetes! ” “Depression: let's talk”, “Health for all”, “Universal coverage of health services”, “We will support the workers of nursing and obstetric services!” and others.

In 2021, the day was dedicated to the topic of the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection, and the words "We will build a more fair, healthier world."

On World Health Day of 2022, against the background of the ongoing pandemic, planetary environmental crisis, the onslaught of diseases such as cancer, asthma and heart disease, she decided to draw the attention of the world community to the urgent acts necessary to protect human health and planet, and strengthen the movement for the creation of a society oriented towards human well -being. The motto of the day is "Our planet, our health."

World Health Day 2023 is health for everyone. Health for everyone is a good health and full life of every person in a flourishing and stable world. Health and a healthy lifestyle are the main value in life, the joyful sensation of its existence in this world.

In 2024, World Health Day takes place under the slogan “My health is my right”, which allows us to recall the importance of mental and physical health, as well as the need for its timely prevention.

According to WHO estimates, preventive causes of an environmental nature annually take the lives of 13 million people in the world. These include the climatic crisis – the greatest threat to human health, which is also a crisis in the field of healthcare. As a result of the burning of fossil types of fuel, more than 90% of people breathe air harmful to health. With an increase in global temperatures, diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are spreading faster and further. Extreme weather phenomena, land degradation and water deficiency lead to a forced movement and people and their health worsening. Pollutants and plastic penetrate the very depths of the oceans, on the slopes of the highest mountains, as well as into food production systems. Production of harmful food and drinks with a high degree of processing, which accounts for a third of the greenhouse gases thrown into the atmosphere in the world, leads to a massive disease of obesity, causes an increase in the number of oncological and cardiovascular diseases.

World Health Day represents a good opportunity for all countries of the world to make concentrated efforts to solve key public health issues. And WHO experts also pay attention to the shortage of medical personnel on a global scale, which is 2.5 million doctors, 9 million nurses and midwives and 6 million employees of other medical specialties. The problem is the most acute in poor countries, but in developed economies, medical personnel are too often concentrated in cities, which is why the quality of assistance in rural and remote areas is reduced.

On World WHO health, he calls on to attract all sectors of state power to take measures to eliminate the deep causes of inequality and increase the volume of resources invested in the development of primary health care. The campaign on the occasion of the day can also become for ministers of health and other representatives of the authorities the reason to take on the obligation to take measures to eliminate gaps in ensuring universal coverage of health services in their countries, as well as to summarize the results of the work already done.

World Health Day is a global campaign which is aimed at attracting the attention of each resident of our planet to health and healthcare problems, in order to conduct joint actions to protect the health and well -being of people.