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World Health Day, the key to global wellness
4 months and 9 days till World Health Day! Take care of your body and soul!
World Health Day, celebrated on April 7th annually, has a tremendous importance for the populations’ well-being: it helped the eradication of smallpox, almost the eradication of polio and it also contributed to the cure of AIDS giving visibility to those illnesses, supporting research, and giving funds. Aren’t these actions simply amazing and k...
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Help raise awareness during World Health Day using our banners, posters and more!
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Doctor
Doctors dedicate their lives to serving the general public. Let’s show gratitude and appreciation through the use of high-quality and professional doctor photos that will instill confidence in their courageous work, perhaps making their way onto a medical website.
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Nurse
Check out these clean, sharp nurse photos ready to be applied to your World Health Day creative projects. With maximum pixels at your disposal, they will look fresh and crisp at any level, providing a stylish finish an audience will appreciate.
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Healthcare
These healthcare images are perfect for editorial content, medical or health-related websites, and even for marketing purposes, as they include a variety of subjects such as medical instruments, healthcare professionals or patient care techniques.
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Vaccine
Get the best images of vaccines with the highest resolution and quality for your educational material, health campaigns, medical textbooks, websites, and other online media. They are perfect for teaching children and adults about the importance of vaccines too.
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World Health Day Posters
You can raise awareness with these impressive World Health Day posters now! Our designs are inspired by medicine: you’ll find syringes, stethoscopes, hearts, physicians, or nurses and clinics, among others.
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World Health Day Social Media Posts
We have chosen plenty of World Health Day social media posts designs, templates and images just for you. Let your followers know about the history of this day or about the importance of taking care of our bodies creating powerful posts with these resources.
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Health Banners
These banners are an effective and eye-catching way to promote health initiatives. They are perfect for drawing attention to events such as fundraisers or medical screenings and they can also be used to promote a new clinic too.
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Medical illustration
These medical illustrations are perfect for healthcare and educational applications due to their originality and quality. They can be employed to explain complex medical topics, teach anatomy and physiology, or illustrate patient cases.
Symbols
The importance of World Health Day and three of its most relevant symbols: hearts, planet Earth and stethoscopes
Heart
Earth Planet
Stethoscope
The most important organ that regulates blood pressure
The first World Health day symbol we are going to talk about is the heart. This organ has been traditionally linked to life itself: It pumps blood and it’s the key element of the circulatory system. We already know about its importance for our bodies, as one cannot live without a heart, but there is a second reason to use hearts as symbols related to health. Cardiovascular diseases, also known as CVD, have to do with high mortality rates and they correspond with 30% of deaths in the World. It’s worth paying attention to these conditions by using this organ as a reminder of taking good care of our health in order to live many, many years!
Discover more about planet Earth and its symbolism with Health Day
One of the symbols linked to this day is the Earth, our planet, but why? Firstly, because the aim of this day is to highlight the importance of global health annually. It also raises awareness on health-related issues, diseases and the like. Second, planet Earth as a symbol also enhances the meaning of conforming a community to fight against pandemics and ailments such as cancer, ebola and even Covid-19. Third, it is a way to strengthen the connection between different countries to reach common goals and to look for different cures and treatments for the most dangerous diseases in the World.
Stethoscope: the tool that helped saving millions of lives
The stethoscope dates back to the 19th century, and it was a device to check the heart without physical contact. Today, it’s used to diagnose by listening to internal organs such as the heart, lungs and the intestines. It was a major step in medicine as it allowed diagnosing internally using a non-invasive procedure, something that didn’t happen prior to its invention. It’s no wonder that this medical instrument is one of the World Health Day symbols, as it has been traditionally associated with medical professionals. According to some scholars, when a physician wears a stethoscope, he or she is seen as more trustworthy!
World Health Day Color Palette
Prussian blue, a color that saves lives and helps against radiation poisoning
Prussian blue is also known by other names like Berlin or Paris blue. It is made by oxidizing ferrous ferrocyanide salts, creating a characteristic dark blue pigment. Prussian blue needed to be part of the World Health Day color palette: it’s contained on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, as iit can help remove radioactive cesium and thallium after a radiation exposure. If you are not surprised by discovering the healing effects of Prussian blue yet, there is a theory of the creation of this color that will amaze you. Supposedly, Johann Jacob Diesbach, a paint maker, created Prussian blue accidentally. He intended to produce a red cochineal dye. He used potash, ferric sulfate and dried cochineal… but he tainted the potash with blood! This mixture reacted and it turned blue!
World Health Day and World Health Organization: taking care of public health and monitoring public risks since the 40s
To understand the history of World Health Day, first we need to know about the World Health Organization, also known as WHO. It is an agency that depends on the control of the United Nations and its main concern is, of course, public health. This organization has several targets, as you can imagine. For example, they are in favor of universal health care coverage. They also deal with public health risks and stand up for universal well-being. Doesn’t this sound impressive to you? Let’s discover the most important milestones in the creation of World Health Day and some achievements related to this day!
1946
The constitution of the World Health Organization
The beginning of a new (health) era
World Health Day cannot be understood unless we talk about the creation of one of the most important associations, the World Health Organization. Let’s begin with a little bit of history here. At the United Nations Conference in 1945, different countries agreed on the need for an international health organization. This dream became true in July 1946, when a total of 61 countries signed a treatise to conform the World Health organization. However, the first meeting of the WHO (World Health Organization) took place later, in 1948.
1948
The First World Health Assembly
One of the greatest milestones in public health history
The constitution of the World Health Organization took place during the summer of 1948. Dr. Stampar was elected president for a year, and the executive board was also constituted. In addition, Geneva was chosen as the location for its headquarters. This first assembly focused on six of the major health issues in the World: nutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, venereal diseases, maternal and child health and environmental sanitation. They also took care of other problems, such as other viruses and parasitic diseases, together with mental health.
1949
Changing the date
The Establishment of the World Health Day on April 7th
At the beginning, the WHO (World Health Organization) held its very first assembly on July 22th, but they decided to change it to the 7th of April in 1949. This new date had effect from 1950. The change was quite successful and it remained as the official World Health Day date since that year. The World Health Organization focuses on different public health issues each year, as the WHO brings several global concerns into focus. They have made efforts to eradicate polio, control HIV/AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis. They also deal with food security, occupational health, drugs, cancer…
1950
New year, new goals
Solving different public health issues each year
1950 was an important year, as one of the greatest achievements of that very year was a tuberculosis inoculation using the bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine. Every single year, the priorities and goals change. Let’s explore a few of them throughout the years: the WHO proposed a malaria eradication programme in 1955. Three years later, in 1958, they intended to eradicate smallpox. The International Agency for Research in Cancer was created in 1965. In 2006, the WHO established a plan against the AIDS pandemic, and they also helped control the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.
