WORLD HEALTH DAY 2022 :KNOW WHY THE DAY IS VERY CRUCIAL & WHAT PM MODI SAID ABOUT IT ?
(The Quiver) : Today, World health Day is being celebrated to mark the foundation of the World health Organization on April 7,1948. Every year a theme is chosen to celebrate the special day and this year the theme is “Our Plane ,Our health”. The selection has been driven by Coronavirus pandemic, pollution and an increasing incidence of diseases, WHO confirmed.
On World Health Day 2022, WHO will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being,” the global health agency mentions.
As mentioned by WHO, 13 million deaths are caused due to avoidable environmental causes which includes the climate crisis , it alone is single biggest health threat to human population. Thus the climate crisis can be also called as health crisis.
Speaking on the coronavirus crisis, WHO said it demonstrated the healing power of science while also exposing inequities in the world. “The pandemic has revealed weaknesses in all areas of society and underlined the urgency of creating sustainable well-being societies committed to achieving equitable health now and for future generations without breaching ecological limits,” it said. “The present design of the economy leads to inequitable distribution of income, wealth and power, with too many people still living in poverty and instability,” further added.
Latest Goals of WHO
“well-being” economies have “human well-being, equity and ecological sustainability” as our goals.
On the day In Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government’s focus is on affordable healthcare.
