Feedback on World Health Day global events
Event coordinators from the countries below have submitted details on their events.
see also
Great Debates: World Health Day 2005
On World Health Day 2005, WHO encouraged 12 countries to organize debates to highlight the maternal and child health challenges in their regions. These "Great Debates" brought together consumers, technical experts, civil society organizations and policy makers to discuss how best to tackle this invisible health crisis.
Events by country
Algeria
Algeria: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Algeria
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Austria
UN Youth and Student Association
7 April 2005 | Vienna, Austria -- "An Apple and Day keeps the Doctor Away" event: distribution of apples on the main streets of Vienna by young people to mothers and their children.
UN Youth and Student Association
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Bangladesh
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Burundi
Burundi: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Burundi
Full text - in French [pdf 940kb]
Cameroon
Cameroon: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Cameroon
Full text - in French [pdf 309kb]
Comoros
Comoros: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Comoros
Full text - in French [pdf 88kb]
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Côte d'Ivoire
Full text - in French [pdf 541kb]
Guatemala
Guatemala: WHO Country Office
"Mi pareja, hijos e hijas son mi mejor equipo" campaign, "El mejor papá del mundo" photo contest, public event
Full text - in Spanish
India
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Employees State Insurance Corporation
The Ludhiana District Branch of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) and Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) organized several joint eventsto celebrate World Health day 2005.
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Government of India
Hosted by the Government of India, WHO's global commemoration of World Health Day 2005 took place in New Delhi on 7 April. The world health report 2005 - Make Every Mother and Child Count - launched on World Health Day, calls for a new approach to save the lives of mothers and children.
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Health Fitness Trust
7 April 2005 | New Delhi, India -- Mass awareness " Health Awareness Run" in New Delhi, with a focus on women and children. 1000 mothers and children participated in the run, plus 4000 school children.
India: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in India
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L.T.M. Medical College and L.T.M.G. Hospital
Celebration of World Health Day in Sion (Mumbai) India
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Sahishnatha Educational & Charitable Trust
7 April 2005 | Chennai, India -- Nurses from various hospitals were invited and a workshop was conducted on maternal and child health care. Group discussion were organized as well as visiting mothers in the ward, talking with parents to parents about health issues which their children faced. We plan to continue this activity after World Health Day 2005.
Yenepoya Medical College
On 7th April 2005 a program was held at the Urban Health Center under Dept. of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College at the Zuleikha Complex, Mangalore, India.
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Indonesia
Indonesia: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Indonesia
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Maldives
Maldives: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Maldives
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Mexico
CANICAS, Independent University of San Luis Potosí
World Health Day activities organized by Unidad Pediátrica Ambiental “Consorcio Académico Niños Ambiente y Salud (CANICAS)” de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.
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Mongolia
Mongolia: WHO Country Office
With great support and involvement of our government and local and international partners, Mongolia hosted a wide range of activities related to health and well being of mothers and children.
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Myanmar
Myanmar: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Myanmar
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Nepal
Nepal: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Nepal
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Niger
Niger: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Niger
Report - in French [pdf 415kb]
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Bulletin - in French [pdf 270kb]
Pakistan
Allama Iqbal Medical College
16 April 2005 | Lahore, Pakistan -- Seminar and News Conference on the theme of World Health Day as well as presentations, a panel discussion and a Q/A session.
Network for Consumer Protection
7 April 2005 | Islamabad, Pakistan -- Seminar entitled "Maternal and Child Health: A Health Policy Perspective". The seminar was attended by public health professionals, policy makers, parliamentarians, officials from the Ministry of Health, medical students and NGOs.
The Network for Consumer Protection
Romania
Romania: Romanian Institute For Human Rights
The Romanian Institute for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Romanian Association for the United Nations (ANUROM) and the NGOs that are active with the promotion and the defence of the rights of the family, the child and the youth organized a symposium devoted to the World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April.
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Serbia and Montenegro
Ministry of Health, Republic of Serbia
At an event hosted by the Ministry of Health Republic of Serbia, speeches were made by the Minister of Health, the Directors of WHO and UNICEF country offices, as well as relevant experts in the field of maternal and child health. Participants were from health and social institutions, as well as relevant ministries and local authorities. A press conference was organized and moderated by the Ministry of Health. This central activity of the Ministry of Health was followed by regional activities organized by the 23 local institutes for public health in the Republic of Serbia.
Serbian Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Sri Lanka
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Thailand
Thailand: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Thailand
Full text [pdf 24kb]
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Institute for respiratory diseases in children
Skopje, Macedonia -- During the week of World Health Day the Institute for respiratory diseases in children organized promotional daily radio sessions on maternal and child health - specifically respiratory diseases in children.
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: WHO Country Office
Celebration of World Health Day in Timor-Leste
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United States of America
United Nations Headquarters
The WHO's New York office, in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information NGO Section, organized an event at the United Nations headquarters in New York to commemorate World Health Day 2005.
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