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World Health Day is celebrated every year on the anniversary of the founding day of the World Health Organization. It’s a day to focus on and raise awareness around health issues that affect people all over the globe.
So get ready to learn about and celebrate World Health Day!
History of World Health Day
The history of World Health Day is directly linked to the formation of the World Health Organization. The World Health Organization is an agency of the United Nations that focuses on the public health of the world at large. The WHO has a constitution that countries involved in the United Nations had an opportunity to sign, and unanimously did, agreeing to the tenets laid out within to promote the general health of the globe.
Established in 1950, World Health Day is an important event that includes a theme each year that is meant to draw attention to a current health issue in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has 194 member states who are tasked with putting together regional, local, and international events on this day related to the particular health theme. Local governments also tend to jump on this band-wagon of promoting health issues. After all, global health means everyone on the planet!
The World Health Organization has been involved in mobilizing many health efforts all over the world for the past 70 years by describing what medicines are essential for public health and which diseases to give a particular focus to.
One important success of the WHO was the movement to eradicate smallpox. It started in 1958, initiated by pressure from Viktor Zhdanov, the Deputy Minister of Health for the then USSR. In just over 20 years, in 1979, the WHO declared that smallpox had in fact been eradicated, making it the first disease in history to be eliminated by the dedicated efforts of humans working together from all over the globe.
Through the efforts of this organization, the world has seen the eradication of smallpox, and its focus then turned to communicable diseases, with a particular focus on tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The World Health Organization has also played an important role in the experience of the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus.
Each year, World Health Day focuses on a particular theme. Themes throughout the years have varied, but they always cover important issues of the day, including everything from the Global Polio Eradication and staying active while aging, to road safety. All of these issues have been deemed to be important enough to global health that they merited an occasion of their very own on this date.
Some other themes worth noting have included:
Our Planet, Our Health
Building a Fairer, Healthier World
Support Nurses and Midwives
and
Health for All: Everyone, Everywhere
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JOKE OF THE DAY
boiled & decorated shows kids different eggs-geese duck chicken quail
WORD OF THE DAY
betweenity
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MEANING:noun: The state of lying in the interval separating two conditions, qualities, extremes, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:From Old English betweonum (between), from be- (by) + tweon (two each). Earliest documented use: 1760.
NOTES:The word was coined by the novelist Horace Walpole who also gave us serendipity. Both words were coined in letters to friends. Describing a house, he wrote, “The house is not Gothic, but of that betweenity, that intervened when Gothic declined and Palladian was creeping in.”
USAGE:“Several years ago, very much between books, I was struggling to come to terms with the interplay between political culture and contemporary communications ... More recently -- and to stress the serendipity of betweenity -- I was idly looking out the window of a train in western Australia when the structure of a volume (bringing together previously published essays with new ones) magically presented itself.”
Robert Schmuhl; Filling the Fallow Period Between Writing Books; Chicago Tribune (Illinois); Aug 12, 2001.
Robert Schmuhl; Filling the Fallow Period Between Writing Books; Chicago Tribune (Illinois); Aug 12, 2001.
TODAY'S ARTIST thanks, Natalie
IDIOM OF THE DAYWhat does ' ' mean?
Meaning: Someone who is a bundle of nerves is very worried or nervous.
thanks, Patsy
thanks, Patsy
Do you believe???
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
What is a spaghetto? A spaghetto is what you call a single strand of spaghetti. And now you know.
With control of over 1750 pirate ships and 75,000+ men, Ching Shih, a former prostitute, was the most powerful pirate. She was born in 1775 in China, with a birth name of Shil Xiang Gu.
A film set has many moving pieces all going on at the same time. Crews set up the next scene while the actors prepare. Walkie Talkies are everywhere with constant back and forth communication. Two frequently heard terms while filming are “10-1” and “10-2”. What do they mean? 10-1 means you are going to the bathroom to go #1 while 10-2 means you are going to go #2.
aka "fast lane"!!!YOUR CALL by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
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PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY 
PICTURES OF THE DAY
Devon, U.K.
knit
thanks, Millie
knit
thanks, Karen
knit
knit
CROCHET PATTERNS OF THE DAY
Pacific Poncho
crochet
thanks, Tara
crochet
crochet
CROCKPOT RECIPE thanks, Tina
Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.
Spicy Weight-Loss Cabbage Soup
COPYCAT RECIPE thanks, Jenny
SWEETS RECIPE thanks, Ina
Easy Puff Pastry Blueberry Turnovers
COOKBOOK FRIDAY
ADULT COLORING
SOLUTION:
CRAFTS thanks, Kay
WORD SEARCH
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SUDOKU .. hard
solution:
What Do People Do Too Much Of?
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