World Health Day on 7 April marks the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is an occasion to raise awareness of key global health issues. This year's theme is international health security. The aim of the Day is to urge governments, organizations and businesses to "Invest in health, build a safer future".The theme of World Health Day and of the World Health Report 2007 is “international health security” – the need to reduce the vulnerability of people around the world to new, acute or rapidly spreading risks to health, particularly those that threaten to cross international borders.
In a globalized world, health issues present new challenges that go far beyond national borders and have an impact on the collective security of people around the world.
Increased collaboration among developed and developing countries will enable the international community to be better prepared to strengthen national capacities to detect and respond to disease outbreaks. This will provide a global safety net to deal with key cross-border public health issues and in turn help to make the world more secure.
Key discussion points:
- The lessons learned from SARS and other disease outbreaks should be used to strengthen national and global preparedness for the next emergency caused by an infectious disease.
- Capacity-building in developing countries must be practical, based on the needs of the country, and collaborative.
- The strength of multiple stakeholders – governments, international organizations, the corporate sector, civil society – must be leveraged to improve global response capacity.
http://www.who.int/topics/emerging_diseases/en/
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/en/
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