World Health Day celebrated on Monday to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected that highlights a priority area of public health. The Day provides an opportunity for individuals in every community to get involved in activities that can lead to better health. The topic for 2014 is vector-borne diseases.
More than half of the world’s population is at risk from vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue. Yet, we can protect ourselves and our families by taking simple preventive measures, including vaccination.
Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs may be a threat to our health – and that of our family – at home and when travelling. This is the message of this year’s World Health Day, 7 April, which highlights actions we can all take to protect ourselves from the serious diseases that these “vectors” can cause. In line with WHO theme Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital use the posters to prepare for World Health Day activities. This year the slogan for World Health Day is ‘Small Bite, Big Threat’
Since Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) has been continuing Free Health Campaign for the marginalized communities all over the countries for the last 7 years, this year also has taken an initiative to observe World Health Day accordingly. A team composed of 50 persons along with specialist medical doctors in different discipline, nurses and paramedics has covered 750 patients in the said health campaign. The medical team was headed by JBFH Chairman, Prof. Dr. Sarder A. Nayeem, Specialist Laparoscopic Surgeon and JBFH Managing Director Prof. Dr. Md. Jonaid Shafiq, Pain Specialist.
The campaign has taken place at Boxnagar High School premises in Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka District at 09:00 AM to 12:00 noon on 7th April, 2014. Among all the patients 100 ENT, 50 Dental, 100 Eye, 150 Gynae & Obs., 100 Children, 200 Chest and Medicine and 50 Urology patients have been prescribed by the specialist doctors and free medicine was distributed. In addition blood grouping, Blood Pressure, Blood sugar, BMI, etc. was carried out to serve the patients.
Moreover, a workshop was organized with 50 school students and 25 farmers to address the theme of the World Health Day 2014 and also primary health care issues have been discussed in the session and certificates were distributed among the participants.
We are honored to have the honorable Advocate Mrs. Salam Islam MP to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest and Chairman Upazila Parishad, Upazila Nirbahi Karmakartha, Chairman, Boxsnagar Union Parishad were attended as special guests.
The program was presided over by Engr. A. E. Abdul Monim, the Chairman of the School Management Committee and the Quderia Foundation Trust was co-sponsor of the said program.
