World Health Day is celebrated annually on April 7th to raise awareness of global health issues and support the work of the World Health Organization (WHO). It focuses on a different health theme each year, with 2014 highlighting vector-borne diseases. Events are organized worldwide by governments, NGOs, and health organizations to educate the public and encourage prevention of diseases. The WHO works to address health issues globally and has helped reduce diseases like smallpox, polio, and others in developing nations.

1. World Health Day
Paula Molina Cánovas

2. Global public health campaigns offer great
potential to raise awareness and
understanding about health issues and
mobilize support for action, from the local
community to the international stage.
7th April

3. World Health Day targets all the health issues on global basis
for which several programs are organized yearly by the WHO
and other related health organizations at various places like
schools, colleges and other crowd places. It is celebrated to
remember the establishment of the World health Organization
as well as draw the attention of people towards the major
health issues in the world. WHO is a vast health organization
working under UN for addressing the health issues on a global
basis. Since its establishment it has addressed serious health
issues including chickenpox, polio, smallpox, TB, leprosy and
etc from various developing countries. It has played a
significant role aiming to make the world a healthy world. It has
all the statistics about global health reports.

4. To increase the public awareness of various causes and prevention of
high blood pressure.
To provide detail knowledge of getting prevented from various diseases
and their complications.
To encourage most vulnerable group of people to frequently check their
blood pressure and follow medications from the professionals.
To promote self care among people.
To motivate the worldwide health authorities to make their own efforts in
creating the healthy environments in their country.
To protect families living in the disease vulnerable areas.
To teach travelers and send them a messages about how to get
protected from the vector-borne diseases while travelling.

5. How World Health Day is
celebrated ?
World Health Day is celebrated worldwide by the
government, non-government, NGOs including various
health organizations at many places by organizing
programmes relating to the public health issues and
awareness. Participated organizations highlight their
activities and supports through the media reports by means
of press releases, news and etc. Health authorities from
different country take part in the celebration with their
pledges in order to support on the health issues worldwide.
Varieties of activities are done in the conference of health
workers to encourage people to maintain their health in the
presence of media coverage. Debates on the related
topics, art exhibitions, essay writing, competitions and
award ceremony are organized to fulfill the aim of world
health day.

6. Theme of 2014
“Vector-borne diseases”.
Vector-borne diseases rely upon organisms, named
vectors, such as mosquitoes, ticks or sandflies that have
an active role in the transmission of a pathogen from one
host to the other.
Many factors that may facilitate the introduction and
establishment of disease vectors, reservoirs or pathogens
in new geographic areas could lead to the emergence of a
disease in the European Union (EU). These factors include
international travel and trade, e.g. legal and illegal trade in
animals and animal products, new agricultural practices
and land-use patterns, socio-demographic evolution and
climatic changes.

7. Health …
“The way you think, the way you
behave, the way you eat, can influence
your life by 30 to 50 years”
Deepak Chopra