World Health Day is held on April 7 each year,1 marking the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO), first established by the United Nations in 1948 to address global issues in health care.2 Although it may seem like news from this international health community only appears front and center during a major crisis or a policy shift, the organization works diligently throughout the year to invest in its 6-point agenda, which includes the following3:
The WHO recently released a global brief that set forth actions and policy recommendations to safeguard the health of refugees and migrants. The brief also endorsed an initiative from the Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Montreux, Switzerland, to address avoidable harm in health care, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and scaled up operations with its Standby Partners in Ukraine to provide expertise in the country, including support for those experiencing mental health issues and help to stem gender-based violence.4
WHO is responsible for some of the most important achievements in modern health care, including vaccination programs that helped eradicate smallpox in 1979 and its leadership during the severe acute respiratory syndrome pandemic in 2003.5 This April, our hats are off to this important global community in health care.
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