World Health Day (WHD) is celebrated on April 7 of each year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the WHO in 1948. Each year, a theme is selected to highlight a priority area of ​​public health concern in the world.

Under the slogan “Our planet, our health”, the international body urges world leaders and the general population to make changes to curb global warming.

“In the midst of a pandemic, a polluted planet, and diseases on the rise, like cancer, asthma, and heart disease; and on World Health Day 2022, WHO will focus global attention on the urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create well-being-focused societies. statement announcing the activities that will take place this April 7.

According to estimates by the multilateral entity, there are more than 13 million deaths a year worldwide as a result of preventable environmental causes. Among these preventable events, the WHO included the climate crisis, which it defined as “the greatest threat to health facing humanity.” “The climate crisis is also a health crisis,” he stressed.

It is for this reason that the WHO, within the framework of this April 7, made “an urgent call” to world leaders and the general population to apply “urgent measures to preserve and protect health and mitigate the climate crisis as part of the ‘Our planet, our health’ campaign that marks the organization’s founding day, which falls at a time of heightened conflict and fragility.”