World Health Day 2018: Know the reason and significance of the day
World Health Day 2018: Know the reason and significance of the day
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To stay healthy and fit is the necessity of life. We earn money for food and food gives us energy which leads to good health. Today, on World Health Day we need to take an oath to create Global Health Awareness. WHO or World Health Organisation was created to take care of the all the necessary needs and demands in the field of health.
First celebrated in the year 1950, this day also marks the establishment of WHO. every year there is a specific theme and variety of programs are being conducted or organized on international and national levels. The celebration centres on improving the life prospect of people by promoting stronger living habits. The day is one of the eight official global health campaigns marked by WHO. It includes World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March, World Immunization Week in April, World Malaria Day on 25 April, World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, World Blood Donor Day on 14 June, World Hepatitis Day on 28 July and World AIDS Day on 1 December.
In  2017 the theme was 'Depression: Let’s Talk'. It basically aimed to reach out to help people battling with the disorder. According to WHO’s latest estimates, between 2005-2015, there has been an 18% increase in people dealing with depression, that is approximately 300 million people.

2018 theme: ‘Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere’,
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) refers to the providing of essential healthcare services to a person while ensuring that the use of these does not expose the user to financial distress. The basic objective is that every person who needs these services should get them and not only those who can pay them. This is required to alleviate the financial costs associated with healthcare while making individual access to these services easier.

According to a report in WHO, at least half of the world’s population do not have full coverage of basic health services. Moreover, around 100 million people are still being pushed into poverty because they have to pay for health care.

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