World Health Day world-wide is celebrated on 7th April to commemorate the founding of World Health Organization on this day in 1948. Every year a theme is selected by WHO to highlight the area of public interest for that year. For 2014 the theme is ‘vector born diseases’. The theme is apt in view of the fact that 40% of the world’s population is at risk from dengue & leptospirosis incidence rates rising globally – 600,000 pa 350-500 million cases of malaria reported each year.
‘Small creatures can create big threat’. The goal of the day is to raise awareness of Vectors, for example, bugs, ticks and mosquitoes.These small creatures can carry disease from human to human and from place to place. The problem is they can really put our health at risk and we need to be aware of the problems they can cause both at home and when we are out and about travelling. It’s very important that we know the diseases they can cause and how to protect ourselves
World Health Day is on April 7: 2014 Theme is vector Born Diseases
World Health Day is on April 7: 2014 Theme is vector Born Diseases
Nature’s gift i.e., good health needs to be up-kept. One needs to be healthy to achieve something in his life. In majority of the cases, health can be maintained by our own efforts.
Beijing: Everybody known that ‘Health is wealth’. A living creature can become ill at any time, there are no fixed timings for illness – illness can attack in morning, afternoon, evening or night, it can attack new born, teens, youth, middle aged persons and the old alike. To increase awareness, World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year.
The only unplanned occurrence during ‘life’ time is illness. Education is planned, so is the career, the marriage, the wealth accumulation, the retirement and everything except illness. Illness can eat one’s life-time savings.
Despite full knowledge about the serious effects illness can cause, the people are not giving the required seriousness to maintain good health. Starting from the food habits, the lifestyle, the pollution everything is forcing people to lose their health. Illness can be as little as normal head-ache or as large as diseases for which there is no treatment found till now.
The routine illnesses observed in today’s life include: headache, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, pains (joints, back, neck), viral diseases etc. Though it is a fact that some of the diseases are hereditary in nature, majority of the diseases can be even prevented by taking pre-cautions in the areas of food habits, life style, cleaner environment etc.
World Health Day world-wide is celebrated on 7th April to commemorate the founding of World Health Organization on this day in 1948. Every year a theme is selected by WHO to highlight the area of public interest for that year. For example, for 2013 the theme was ‘High Blood Pressure’ which is apt due to the fact that high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure. However, hypertens
ion is treatable and preventable. For 2014 the theme is ‘vector born diseases’. The theme is apt in view of the fact that 40% of the world’s population is at risk from dengue & an estimated 1.3 million new cases of leishmaniasis (disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and transmitted by the bite of certain species of the sand fly) occur annually
– See more at: http://www.aegindia.org/2014/01/world-health-day-is-on-april-7-2014-theme-is-vector-born-diseases/2141526.html#sthash.OvUHAONl.dpuf
Good health is nature’s gift and needs to be up-kept. Everybody known that ‘Health is wealth’. A living creature can become ill at any time, there are no fixed timings for illness
The only unplanned occurrence during ‘life’ time is illness. Education is planned, so is the career, the marriage, the wealth accumulation, the retirement and everything except illness. Illness can eat one’s life-time savings.
Despite full knowledge about the serious effects illness can cause, the people are not giving the required seriousness to maintain good health. Starting from the food habits, the lifestyle, the pollution everything is forcing people to lose their health. Illness can be as little as normal head-ache or as large as diseases for which there is no treatment found till now.
There are a number of things you can do to prevent vector born dieseases like:-
- Wear protective clothing after dusk; long sleeves and long pants in light colours are best. Mosquitoes are attracted to darker colours.
- Spray your clothing and mosquito nets with an insect repellent containing permethrin, but be careful not to let the clothing touch your eyes and mouth.
- Use insect repellents. These should be applied to exposed areas of skin but be careful to wash your hands after application and do not touch your eyes and mouth.
- Always try to stay in accommodation that has insect screens and mosquito netting over the beds. Mosquito coils can be burned and offer some protection for approximately 6 hours.
- Indoors, use plug-in mosquito zappers.
- Sleep in air conditioned rooms where possible, as this reduces the risk of mosquito activity.
Therefore Invest in health, build a safer future
World Health Day is on April 7: 2014 Theme is vector Born Diseases
World Health Day is on April 7: 2014 Theme is vector Born Diseases
Nature’s gift i.e., good health needs to be up-kept. One needs to be healthy to achieve something in his life. In majority of the cases, health can be maintained by our own efforts.
Beijing: Everybody known that ‘Health is wealth’. A living creature can become ill at any time, there are no fixed timings for illness – illness can attack in morning, afternoon, evening or night, it can attack new born, teens, youth, middle aged persons and the old alike. To increase awareness, World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year.
The only unplanned occurrence during ‘life’ time is illness. Education is planned, so is the career, the marriage, the wealth accumulation, the retirement and everything except illness. Illness can eat one’s life-time savings.
Despite full knowledge about the serious effects illness can cause, the people are not giving the required seriousness to maintain good health. Starting from the food habits, the lifestyle, the pollution everything is forcing people to lose their health. Illness can be as little as normal head-ache or as large as diseases for which there is no treatment found till now.
The routine illnesses observed in today’s life include: headache, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, pains (joints, back, neck), viral diseases etc. Though it is a fact that some of the diseases are hereditary in nature, majority of the diseases can be even prevented by taking pre-cautions in the areas of food habits, life style, cleaner environment etc.
World Health Day world-wide is celebrated on 7th April to commemorate the founding of World Health Organization on this day in 1948. Every year a theme is selected by WHO to highlight the area of public interest for that yea
r. For example, for 2013 the theme was ‘High Blood Pressure’ which is apt due to the fact that high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure. However, hypertension is treatable and preventable. For 2014 the theme is ‘vector born diseases’. The theme is apt in view of the fact that 40% of the world’s population is at risk from dengue & an estimated 1.3 million new cases of leishmaniasis (disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and transmitted by the bite of certain species of the sand fly) occur annually
– See more at: http://www.aegindia.org/2014/01/world-health-day-is-on-april-7-2014-theme-is-vector-born-diseases/2141526.html#sthash.IvAw3FKS.dpuf
Mrs Shilpa Mittal
Nutritionist and Diet Consultant
Founder Shilpsnutrilife – Diet and lifestylemakeover