World Health Day

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World Health Day is an annual global health awareness day observed on 7 April that highlights a specific public health theme and promotes actions to improve health worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations observance
World Health Organization observance
health awareness day
international observance
administeredBy World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva
commemorates anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
dateObserved 7 April
follows World Health Assembly decision of 1948
frequency annual
hasHashtag #WorldHealthDay
hasTheme specific annual public health theme
inception 1950
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
location worldwide
observedBy United Nations member states
general public
member states of the World Health Organization
non-governmental organizations
public health institutions
organizer World Health Organization
partOf United Nations international days
WHO founding commemoration
purpose promote actions to improve health worldwide
raise global awareness of key public health issues
relatedTo World Health Organization
global health
public health policy
sustainable development goals
scope global
sponsoredBy World Health Organization
themeExamples antimicrobial resistance
climate change and health
depression
diabetes
food safety
mental health
patient safety
primary health care
road safety
universal health coverage
vector-borne diseases
typicalActivities advocacy events
educational activities
media campaigns
public health campaigns

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
World Health Day ("#WorldHealthDay")
hasHashtag
World Health Organization
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