World Health Day is celebrated on 7th April each year as Global Health Awareness Day.

It marks the founding day of WHO – World Health Organisation in 1948.

WHO started celebrating the World Health day from 1950.

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Each year WHO decides a theme, here’s the list –

• 1991: Should Disaster Strike, be prepared
• 1992: Heart beat: A rhythm of Health
• 1993: Handle life with care: Prevent violence and Negligence
• 1994: Oral Health for a Healthy Life
• 1995: Global Polio Eradication
• 1996: Healthy Cities for better life
• 1997: Emerging infectious diseases
• 1998: Safe motherhood
• 1999: Active aging makes the difference
• 2000: Safe Blood starts with me
• 2001: Mental Health: stop exclusion, dare to care
• 2002: Move for health
• 2003: Shape the future of life: healthy environments for children
• 2004: Road safety
• 2005: Make every mother and child count
• 2006: Working together for health
• 2007: International health security
• 2008: Protecting health from the adverse effects of climate change
• 2009: Save lives, Make hospitals safe in emergencies
• 2010: Urbanization and health: make cities healthier
• 2011: Antimicrobial resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow
• 2012: Good health adds life to years
• 2013: Healthy heart beat, Healthy blood pressure
• 2014: Vector-borne diseases: small bite, big threat
• 2015: Food safety
• 2016: Halt the rise: beat diabetes
• 2017: Depression: Let’s talk
• 2018: Universal Health Coverage: : everyone, everywhere
• 2019: Universal Health Coverage: : everyone, everywhere