World Health Day, on April 7, is the annual celebration of health. The 2024 theme is ‘My health, my right’. This theme was chosen in recognition of the fact that the right to health is being threatened for millions across the world by the increases in diseases, disasters, conflicts and the climate crisis. Additionally, in many countries not all citizens are able to gain access to health services. ‘My health, my right’ advocates for the right of everyone, everywhere, to have access to quality health services, information and education as well as to some of the prerequisites to good health such safe drinking water and good nutrition and freedom from discrimination.
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