World Health Day (WHealthD) marks the anniversary of the inception of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. The day is annually commemorated, globally, on 7 April in order to highlight and bring awareness to the key elements that affect and contribute to the health outcomes of every nation around the world.
World Health Day marks the anniversary of the inception of the World Health Organization in 1948. The day is annually commemorated, globally, on 7 April in order to highlight and bring awareness to the key elements that affect and contribute to the health outcomes of every nation around the world.
Increasingly, disasters, environmental pollution, climate change, wars and conflict are posing a barrier to human and animal health. According to the new Global Burden of Disease special report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, globally CVD related death counts increased from 12.4 million in 1990 to 19.8 million in 2022 reflecting global population growth and aging, and the contributions from preventable metabolic, environmental, and behavioural risks.
The rapid rise in NCDs is predicted to impede poverty reduction initiatives in the WHO AFRO Region countries, particularly by increasing household costs associated with health care. The HSFSA is particularly concerned with the Sustainable Development Goal three which speaks to Good Health and Well-Being.
Kinza Hussain, a seasoned dietitian at the Foundation, reminds us that ‘Adequate nutrition falls under the rights of every individual, despite ethnicity, culture, religion and sociodemographic’. A link between FI and negative health outcomes has been well established. In children, FI has been associated with decreased academic performance, decreased emotional and intellectual development, delayed development of motor skills, poor general health, iron deficiency anaemia, underweight and obesity and stunting.
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