INTERNATIONAL WORLD HEALTH DAY: APRIL 7, 2009

 

Search   Home About WHO Countries Health topics Publications Data and statistics Programmes and projects World Health Day Previous World Health Days   World Health Day 2009   WHO > Programmes and projects > World Health Day Main content Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies World Health Day 2009 focuses on the resilience and safety of health facilities and the health workers who treat those affected by emergencies. Events around the world will highlight successes, advocate for safe facility design and construction, and build momentum for widespread emergency preparedness. World Health Day 2009 World Health Day 2008 Protecting health from climate change In 2008, World Health Day focused on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change. The health impacts of climate change are already evident in different ways. These impacts will be disproportionately greater in vulnerable populations, which include the very young, elderly, medically infirm, poor and isolated populations. World Health Day 2007 International health security The theme for World Health Day 2007 was international health security, which is the first line of defence against public health emergencies that can devastate people, societies and economies worldwide. The aim was to urge governments, organizations and businesses to “invest in health, build a safer future”. World Health Day 2006 Working together for health In 2006, World Health Day was devoted to the health workforce crisis. Around the world, there is a chronic shortage of health workers as a result of decades of underinvestment in their education, training, salaries, working environment and management. This is a crisis from which no country is entirely immune.   Previous World Health Days     SOURCE:  http://www.who.int/world-health-day/en/