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The World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen this year’s theme is high blood pressure.
The focus is on how control of blood pressure can keep your life safe.
The ultimate goal of World Health Day 2013 is to reduce the incidence of heart attacks and strokes, said sources.
According to WHO, at least 1.20 crore people are suffering from high blood pressure in the country.
Meanwhile, different public and private organizations have chalked out various programmes to mark the day in the country like elsewhere across the globe.
In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to observe April 7 of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day.
The World Health Day is held to mark WHO’s founding, and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.
WHO selects a health issue each year, which is globally important, as a theme to observe the day.
Bangladesh has been observing the day with importance since it took the membership of WHO in 1972 after getting independence.
World Health Day, 2013 is observed In Rangpur, Bangladesh by Medicine Club, RpMC Unit,an Academic cum Social organization. They Arranged 3 free health Camp in different Places Of Rangpur. But Matter of Sorrow No journalists Pay little bit of their attention to this Important day.
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