World Health Day
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened the first World Health Assembly in 1948, which advocated for the establishment of a “World Health Day.” The first World Health Day, on April 7, 1950, was commemorated. Every year on the same day since then, it has been observed. Every year, a theme is chosen, and the entire world celebrates the day and year by focusing on activities that spread knowledge about that subject. The goal of World Health Day is to bring everyone’s attention to critical global health concerns that affect the entire world. One of the most serious hazards to human life has been the Covid-19 epidemic. It’s also posed a new set of challenges for public health.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world do not have access to adequate healthcare. Poverty is one of the main causes of these problems. Over the last 50 years, WHO has worked tirelessly to raise public awareness of a variety of vital health issues, including mental health, diabetes, food safety, maternity and child care, blood pressure, and so on. The celebration of this day focuses on conducting numerous activities around the world connected to the year’s theme, to generate universal attention among the general public and policymakers in the country.
The more individuals that are aware of the condition, the lower the chance of them contracting it. A successful country relies on a good healthcare system that relies on experienced doctors, nurses, other health workers, and equipment, among other things. Nurses are the backbone of any healthcare system, alongside doctors. During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale pioneered modern nursing and established professional nursing responsibilities. She was known among the warriors as “The Lady With The Lamp” for lighting the torch of love, caring, and humanity.
When the entire world was is terrified of the Coronavirus and was practising social distancing, staying at home to protect themselves and family members, these nurses, regardless of their community borders, were working nonstop with doctors and other health workers to protect and heal the victims of Covid-19 all over the world, risking their own lives and sacrificing their personal lives.
Better living conditions, wage packages, working environments and facilities, and other factors are all contributing to the exodus of this valuable asset from our country. We, as responsible citizens of the country, must also do our share! As a result, please adopt social distancing and assist medical personnel by not overburdening them with additional Covid -19 instances.
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the economy and society, undermining recent health advances, pushing more people into poverty, leading to food insecurity, and amplifying gender, social, and health imbalances. As part of a year-long worldwide drive to bring people together to achieve a fairer, healthier society, the World Health Organisation is calling for action to remove health inequities on World Health Day. WHO’s the constitutional premise that “every human being has the right to the best achievable quality of health, regardless of ethnicity, religion, economic or social circumstances.”
Extending social protection to universal health care and financial support for those most impacted by the pandemic should be among the first and most intentional actions taken to save lives and livelihoods.
The dream of a healthier planet is no longer a pipe dream. It can be accomplished through evidence-based health education and health issue awareness. Only when organisations like ours, through school and college-based counsellors, community-based health centres, and volunteers, can get information to the most remote parts of the country, can the dream come true.
We are responsible for whatever we do to the world. 4 As a consequence of advancements in food production, public health, and access to pharmaceuticals, humans are living longer and healthier lives than ever before. 5 However, the mechanisms that sustain human life rely on a healthy natural environment.
Healthy Planet with Healthy Health
“Natural systems” and the environment are being degraded to unprecedented levels. The most serious risks to our planet are climate change and biodiversity loss. Faces are already having an impact on the health of millions of people throughout the world.