Post by ۞ twilight ۞ on Apr 7, 2007 6:48:52 GMT -5
WORLD HEALTH DAY 2007
World Health Day is an annual celebration that marks the establishment of the World Health Organization on 7 April 1948. Every year, a health issue of public health importance is highlighted in order to raise public awareness about it.
International Health Security is the theme selected this year for World Health Day. The aim is to raise awareness and unify efforts to confront the various threats to health in the world today. Among the health challenges for the Eastern Mediterranean Region are avian influenza, malaria and HIV/AIDS, environmental degradation, conflict and the aftermath of natural disaster.
Governments, international organizations, civil society and the business community are invited to “Invest in health to build a safer future”. Everyone is encouraged to seize the opportunity of World Health Day 2007 and join hands to achieve collective security from disease, protect global health and make the world a more secure environment for humanity.
Many regions in the world suffer the aftermath of emergencies, crises, natural disasters – such as floods, earthquakes and storms –and man-made disasters – such as war and political conflict. The worst consequences of such disasters are their destructive impact on human health and infrastructure. The disasters are often followed by serious epidemics resulting from lack of clean water and sanitation, poor immunization facilities, lack of medicines, destruction of homes and displacement of the population. As you are aware, security allows governments and individuals to properly carry out health work, including launching immunization campaigns, making health manpower available, allocating financial resources, developing health systems and setting proper health plans that give due attention to health issues and that ensure access for both healthy and sick people to basic health services, care, prevention and counselling.
Imagine the life of a friend of yours in Pakistan whose village was struck by the earthquake, whose home was destroyed and school closed, and who has had to live with family and neighbours in severe cold weather under the open sky. Imagine also a brother or sister living in Darfur, who left his or her home and was displaced to a refugee camp where water and food are scarce, except for what is being delivered by relief agencies or dropped by helicopters. Imagine your brothers and sisters in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, where wars are terrifying them, hindering them from carrying out their normal daily activities, killing their parents and family members, and depriving them of security and all aspects of normal life.
Maintaining human health requires all actors to make every effort to provide security, respond to disasters and be prepared to confront all forms of epidemics and emergencies.
so in short .....REMAIN HEALTHY N KEEP SMILING
World Health Day is an annual celebration that marks the establishment of the World Health Organization on 7 April 1948. Every year, a health issue of public health importance is highlighted in order to raise public awareness about it.
International Health Security is the theme selected this year for World Health Day. The aim is to raise awareness and unify efforts to confront the various threats to health in the world today. Among the health challenges for the Eastern Mediterranean Region are avian influenza, malaria and HIV/AIDS, environmental degradation, conflict and the aftermath of natural disaster.
Governments, international organizations, civil society and the business community are invited to “Invest in health to build a safer future”. Everyone is encouraged to seize the opportunity of World Health Day 2007 and join hands to achieve collective security from disease, protect global health and make the world a more secure environment for humanity.
Many regions in the world suffer the aftermath of emergencies, crises, natural disasters – such as floods, earthquakes and storms –and man-made disasters – such as war and political conflict. The worst consequences of such disasters are their destructive impact on human health and infrastructure. The disasters are often followed by serious epidemics resulting from lack of clean water and sanitation, poor immunization facilities, lack of medicines, destruction of homes and displacement of the population. As you are aware, security allows governments and individuals to properly carry out health work, including launching immunization campaigns, making health manpower available, allocating financial resources, developing health systems and setting proper health plans that give due attention to health issues and that ensure access for both healthy and sick people to basic health services, care, prevention and counselling.
Imagine the life of a friend of yours in Pakistan whose village was struck by the earthquake, whose home was destroyed and school closed, and who has had to live with family and neighbours in severe cold weather under the open sky. Imagine also a brother or sister living in Darfur, who left his or her home and was displaced to a refugee camp where water and food are scarce, except for what is being delivered by relief agencies or dropped by helicopters. Imagine your brothers and sisters in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, where wars are terrifying them, hindering them from carrying out their normal daily activities, killing their parents and family members, and depriving them of security and all aspects of normal life.
Maintaining human health requires all actors to make every effort to provide security, respond to disasters and be prepared to confront all forms of epidemics and emergencies.
so in short .....REMAIN HEALTHY N KEEP SMILING
