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Up until 1994, the day had no specific theme other than general promoting mental health advocacy and educating the public. [7] In 1994 World Mental Health Day was celebrated with a theme for the first time at the suggestion of then Secretary General Eugene Brody. The theme was "Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services throughout the ...
World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as other related organizations. In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly .
World Health Observances mark a period which is often used to promote an issue and mobilize for action. Below follows a list of days and months which have been denoted as health related observances. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Its constitution formally came into force on the first World Health Day on 7 April 1948, when it was ratified by the 26th member state. [21] The WHO formally began its work on September 1, 1948. [6] The first meeting of the World Health Assembly finished on 24 July 1948, having secured a budget of US$5 million (then £1,250,000) for the 1949 ...
World Health Day; World Hearing Day; World Heart Day; World Hemophilia Day; World Hepatitis Day; World Hypertension Day; World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day; World Keratoconus Day; World Kidney Day; World Leprosy Day; World Lymphoma Awareness Day; World Malaria Day; World Meditation Day; World Mental Health Day; World MS Day; World No Tobacco ...
International Men's Health Week began at an international level in 2002 when representatives from six men's health organizations around the world met in a meeting organized by Men's Health Network at the 2nd World Congress on Men's Health in Vienna, Austria, and resolved to work together to launch IMHW. This meeting followed preliminary ...
The World Health Assembly meets in the assembly hall of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva (Switzerland). The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.
The World Health Assembly endorsed World Immunization Week during its May 2012 meeting. [3] Previously, Immunization Week activities were observed on different dates in different regions of the world. Immunization Week was observed simultaneously for the first time in 2012, with the participation of more than 180 countries and territories ...