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April 7 is World Health Day.

After the founding of the United Nations, the member nations discussed the matter of creating an international organization related to public health and the first international meeting on public health held in June 1946 adopted the charter of the World Health Organization.

The charter of the WHO came into effect on April 7 1948 which became the day of the founding of the international body.

The WHO designated April 7 also as World Health Day in 1950, and sees to it that health-related events are held on this day every year.

In the past, the organization provided technical assistance to member states in the public health sector and coordinated the cooperation between them to prevent and treat diseases, train medical workers and push forward with research into medicine and public health, thus contributing to protecting people’s life and promoting their health.

It performs a mission to look after the health of all people on a high level.

In the run-up to World Health Day every year, the organization presents a theme concerning important health issues and performs activities on a worldwide scale to raise awareness of them and to implement them. 

The theme of this year’s WHD is “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures”.