World Health Day 2011

World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the founding of World Health Organization. Each year, the Organization selects a key health issue, and encourages people from all ages and all backgrounds to hold events that highlight the significance of this issue for good health and well-being. World Health Day provides a unique opportunity for communities from across the world to come together for one day to promote actions that can improve our health.

This year's Slogan & Theme

"Use antibiotics rationally -- Save Lives".
Antimicrobial resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow
The World Health Organization in collaboration with Health Fitness Trust and other stake holders organized public awareness campaign at Talkatora indoor stadium on 7th April 2011 at 8am. Health Fitness Trust has been organizing the World Health Day event - Mass public Awareness Health Run & theme campaign in Delhi for past 10 years. The initiative is being taken every year since 2001 by Sunita Godara an Asian Marathon Gold Medalist as a collaborative venture with the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GOI, In the mass event 3000 Pparticipants represented various Educational Institutions, Colleges, Schools, NCC, Scouts, Civil Defense, Academies, Senior Citizen Welfare Associations; NGOs supporting the cause. All the participants were provided theme T Shirts, Certificate, IEC material & Refreshment.




Health Run & walk Flag off was done by WHO Representative, India Dr Nata Menabe




Dr. R.K. Srivastav -- Director General of Health Services, Min of H & FW, GOI

Dr. Bhurelal -- Chairman EPCA (Environment Pollution Prevention Control Authority) & Former Secretary Govt of India




The Demo and Dance performances by the Schools & colleges were done at the stadium to promote all the Healthy activities.

At 11:30 am Workshop on "How to prevent misuse & abuse of Antibiotics" & "Use antibiotics rationally -- Save Lives" was done by the Resource team of WHO Doctors.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Sunita Godara
• Dr. R. K. Srivastav
• Dr. Bhurelal
• WHO
• World Health Organization
• HFT
• Health Fitness Trust