Our Planet, Our Health
Each year for this date, a theme is chosen that highlights an area of priority concern for WHO. In the face of the current pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases, the theme for World Health Day 2022 is Our Planet, Our Health.
1. World Health Days 2022
DR.ANJALATCHI MUTHUKUMARAN
VICE PRINCIPAL CUM NSG.SUPT
ERA COLLEGE OF NURSING
2. Theme of the year 2022
• The theme for this year's World Health Day
is “Our Planet, Our Health".
• Total state in india :29 states
• Total union territories : 07 union
• Total district in india :As of 2022, there are a
total of 755 districts, up from the 640 in the
2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded
in the 2001 Census of India.
• How many villages are there in India at
proximity?
• According to the 2011 census, the total
number of villages in India is 6 lakh 40
thousand 9 hundred and 30.
• Total Area of India is 3287263 sq. km.
3. WORLD HEALTH DAY 2022
• April 7 is celebrated and observed as World
Health Day.
• The day is celebrated annually in accordance
with the World Health Organization’s aim to
discuss health-related issues and to draw
attention to specific health issues concerning
people across the world.
• The first World Health Day was celebrated and
observed in 1950, after 7 April was set aside as a
designated date to celebrate the creation of the
World Health Organization in 1948 in the First
Health Assembly.
• The day thereby marks the anniversary of WHO
after it was established in 1948.
4. WORLD HEALTH DAY THEME 2022
• The theme for this year’s World Health Day is
“Our Planet, Our Health". Amid the ongoing
pandemic and pollution growing on the
planet, diseases like cancer, asthma, and heart
diseases are increasing rapidly. World Health
Organization aims to focus global attention on
the urgent actions needed to “keep humans
and the planet healthy.”
5. WORLD HEALTH DAY HISTORY
• World Health Day was one of the first official acts of
the World Health Organization, which came into
force on 7th April 1948. The first World Health Day
was celebrated on 22 July in 1949 and the date was
later changed to 7 April, in order to encourage
student participation.
• In order to understand the history of World Health
Day, it is important to look at the creation of the
World Health Organization, which took place in 1945
at the United Nations Conference. A motion was
passed to create a new and independent
organization that is solely dedicated to discussing
health topics. As many as 61 countries signed the
agreement for the inception of the World Health
Organization on April 7 in 1948.
6. WORLD HEALTH DAY SIGNIFICANCE
• World Health Day is celebrated
every year to raise awareness
about the ongoing health issues
that concern people across the
world. The day is also used as an
opportunity to spread awareness
about the overall health and well-
being of people.
8. Indian once glance
• Percentage of the planet land is covered by forest in
India?
• Forest area (% of land area) in India was reported
at 24.27 % in 2020, according to the World Bank
collection of development indicators, compiled from
officially recognized sources.
• percentage of land is forest?
• They cover about 30 percent of Earth's land surface,
while accounting for 50 percent of plant productivity.
As much as 45 percent of the carbon stored on land is
tied up in forests. Forests cover 30 percent of the
Earth's land.
9. Detail of the Indian geographical
• It is the seventh-largest country in the
world, with a total area of 3,287,263
square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi).
• The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of
the world's five oceanic divisions,
covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq
mi) or 19.8% of the water on Earth's
surface.
• Total land area is 3.264 million sq kms
and that makes up for about 2.4% of
total land area in the world and probably
around 1% for total surface area of the
world.
10. land area in India is under forest
• According to the 2019 report, the
total forest cover of the country
is 712,249 square kilometres (21.67
percent of India's total geographical
area) slightly up from 708,273 sq.
km (21.54 percent) in 2017.
• The tree cover of the country is
95,027 sq. km (2.89 percent of the
total area) again slightly up from
93,815 sq.