Question-On 7th April, 2017 World Health Day was celebrated all over the world. What was the main theme of this day in 2017?
(a) Food security-global scenario
(b) Eliminate diabetes
(c) Depression: Let’s talk things
(d) Climate change
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-
- On April 7, 2017; World Health Day was celebrated worldwide.
- On this day in 2017, a campaign on the subject, ‘Depression: Let’s Talk’ was run by the World Health Organization.
- It is worth mentioning that the World Health Organization is conducting a 1 year global campaign on depression.
- This campaign of World Health Day 2017 was started in 10 October 2016.
- The goal of this campaign is to help more and more people suffering from depression everywhere in the world.
- Significantly, more than 300 million people are suffering from depression.
- It increased by more than 18 percent between the year 2005 and 2015.
- It is known that this day is celebrated on April 7, 1948 due to the establishment of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).
- The World Health Organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Related Links:-
https://www.nhp.gov.in/world-health-day-2017_pg
http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2017/en/
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/850166376719196160