CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Health Day- April 7th
- April 7 is celebrated and observed as World Health Day.
- The day is celebrated annually in accordance with the World Health Organization’s aim to discuss health-related issues and to draw attention to specific health issues concerning people across the world.
- The theme for this year’s World Health Day is “Our Planet, Our Health”.
- World Health Day was one of the first official acts of the World Health Organization, which came into force on 7th April 1948.
- The first World Health Day was celebrated on 22 July in 1949 and the date was later changed to 7 April, in order to encourage student participation.
- In order to understand the history of World Health Day, it is important to look at the creation of the World Health Organization, which took place in 1945 at the United Nations Conference.
