Countries across the WHO European Region celebrate World Health Day 2022

11 May 2022

The theme for World Health Day 2022 “Our Planet – Our Health” was an opportunity to showcase how individual choices and social behaviours impact our planet and environment, and the connection between those issues and our own personal health. Countries around the WHO European Region marked the day and took action for a #HealthierTomorrow! with activities that included:

  • high-level meetings, presentations and seminars with representatives from ministries of health, policy-makers, partners and youth associations;
  • roundtables, media events, press conferences, and flash mobs (a quick performance in a public place by a group of people); and
  • tree-planting and garbage-collecting events.

Example of activities in countries included the following:

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4 high-level meetings devoted to World Health Day were held at various institutions in Turkmenistan as a sign of close collaboration between WHO and the national Ministry of Health.

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In Tajikistan, students had a chance to try sustainable forms of transport, including bikes and electric scooters, in the Botanical Gardens in Dushanbe after a thematic seminar at the Khatlon State Medical University.

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Practical exercises and demonstrations, such as first aid, hand hygiene, and the debunking of health-related myths, were organized for children in Romania to mark World Health Day.

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Large-scale garbage-collecting was one of the events organized in Kyrgyzstan in collaboration between WHO and national partners.

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In Serbia, a tree-planting event was organized following the global WHO challenge for World Health Day.

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Finally, what better way could there be of marking World Health Day than an outdoor exercise flash mob, as organized in Azerbaijan!

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