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World Health Day
Today is World Health Day, and to mark the occasion, the World Health Organization has released its first ever global report on diabetes. As diabetes epidemic is frighteningly increasing in all the countries, on this World Health Day the them by WHO is- ‘Global Action to Beat Diabetes and Stay Super’
“If we are to make any headway in halting the rise in diabetes, we need to rethink our daily lives: to eat healthily, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain,” says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. “Even in the poorest settings, governments must ensure that people are able to make these healthy choices and that health systems are able to diagnose and treat people with diabetes.”.
Goal of World Health Day 2016: Scale up prevention, strengthen care, and enhance surveillance
The main goals of the World Health Day 2016 campaign will be to:
- Increase awareness about the rise in diabetes, and its staggering burden and consequences, in particular in low-and middle-income countries;
- Trigger a set of specific, effective and affordable actions to tackle diabetes. These will include steps to prevent diabetes and diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes; and
- Launch the first Global report on diabetes, which will describe the burden and consequences of diabetes and advocate for stronger health systems to ensure improved surveillance, enhanced prevention, and more effective management of diabetes.
Honouring the World Health Day, Mumbai Smiles set up a general health camp and a skin check up camp at Sangharsh Nagar, Chandivali, Andheri. Total of 51 patients availed the benefit of this camp. Present were two doctors that cater to the needs of the community. 2 Health talks were also conducted on ‘Rights to Health’ for Balwadi parents and people of community in general; 72 people attended. A quiz competition was also organised before each talk and prizes were given to the winners.
