The 7th of April every year is marked in celebration of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948 and is referred to as the World Health day (WHD). The theme for 2024 is “My Health, My Right”. More than half of the world’s population, at least 4.5 billion, were not fully covered by essential services as at 2021. The theme therefore sought to highlight the right of all to access everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information. It also emphasized safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination as a path to a healthy life.
The Plateau State Branch of APHPN chose to mark the day with media engagements in various media channels. The 7th of April itself was marked with an online exposition on the 2024 WHD theme by Prof. Yetunde Tagurum, a lecturer with the Department of Community Medicine University of Jos.
Line up of WHD events that held:
