World health day 2020

“World Health Day”

"Support nurses and midwives" is the tagline of World health day 2020

World Health Day is celebrated on 7th of April. This day was observed under the sponsorship of 

World Health Organization [WHO]. In the year 1948, WHO held the first world health 

assembly. 

In this assembly they declared that every year 7th of April and made it effect from 1950 as World 

health day.

The World Health Day is held to mark WHO's founding, and is seen as an opportunity by 

the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global 

health each year. The WHO organizes international, regional and local events on the Day related 

to a particular theme. World Health Day is acknowledged by various governments and non-

governmental organizations with interests in public health issues, who also organize activities and 

highlight their support in media reports, such as the Global Health Council.

World Health Day is one of eight official global health campaigns marked by WHO, along 

with World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, World No 

Tobacco Day, World AIDS Day, World Blood Donor Day, and World Hepatitis Day.

Crisis of world health report 2013:

The World Health Report 2013 focuses on the importance of research in advancing progress 

towards universal health care coverage – in other words, full access to high-quality services for 

prevention, treatment and financial risk protection. The report advocates for increased 

international and national investment in research aimed specifically at improving coverage of 

health services within and between countries. Examples of required research include medical 

research, or investigating the causes of ill-health and the interventions needed to improve health 

and wellbeing, as well as health services research, focusing on how to expand service coverage and 

reduce inequities in coverage.

This year the whole world is fighting through covid-19. This year the main tagline of World Health 

Day is given to all the doctors and nurses.