WORLD HEALTH DAY 2021

Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone

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This World Health Day, we’re calling for action to eliminate health inequities, as part of a year-long global campaign to bring people together to build a fairer, healthier world. The campaign highlights WHO’s constitutional principle that “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.”

The world is still an unequal one. The places where we live, work and play may make it harder for some to reach their full health potential, while others thrive.  Health inequities are not only unjust and unfair, but they also threaten the advances made to date, and have the potential to widen rather than narrow equity gaps.

Facts and Figures:

• For the first time in 20 years, global poverty levels are predicted to rise and hinder the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
• Up to 60% of people living in some countries of the Region lack coverage with essential health services
• More than 1 billion people living in informal settlements or slums are facing increased challenges in preventing infection and transmission of the coronavirus
• The Asia-Pacific region as a whole account for nearly 82.5 million or 32% of the world’s international migrants
• 5.9 million children in the Asia-Pacific Region are at risk of not returning back to school due to the disruption to education and the economic impact of the pandemic
• 52% of the Asia-Pacific population remains unconnected to the internet

For more information 

WHO World Health Day 2021

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