by Carolina Vollmer Cervo
– Coordinator of the Medical and Health Law Commission, of the OAB – Subsection of Caxias do Sul
Since 1950, on April 7th, World Health Day has been celebrated, a date created by the WHO (World Health Organization). In 2023, the 75th anniversary of the WHO will also be celebrated, since its creation took place with the first World Health Assembly in 1948.
The purpose of World Health Day has always been to draw attention and make people aware of the importance of health for quality of life and well-being, as well as everyone’s responsibility in promoting healthy habits and disease prevention.
In addition, each year, the WHO chooses a specific theme, and in this one, the theme will be “Health for All”. Approaches like this are extremely important so that society itself can contribute to improving the quality of life.
But after all, when we talk about health, what can we extract from this theme and what is its meaning?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Not only health itself, but access to it is a fundamental right for all, guaranteed by the 1988 Federal Constitution of Brazil and, according to the text of the Law, it must be “guaranteed through social and economic policies aimed at reducing the risk of disease and other injuries and universal and equal access to actions and services for their promotion, protection and recovery”.
In this sense, talking about full and integral health is talking about physical, social, mental well-being, through measures such as basic sanitation, education, awareness for children and adolescents in relation to physical and mental health, as well as in relation to the environment. and, finally, access to goods and services by the entire population.
The celebrated date, therefore, is an excellent opportunity to mobilize and make the population aware of the pursuit of physical, mental and social well-being.
by Carolina Vollmer Cervo
– Coordinator of the Medical and Health Law Commission, of the OAB – Subsection of Caxias do Sul
Since 1950, on April 7th, World Health Day has been celebrated, a date created by the WHO (World Health Organization). In 2023, the 75th anniversary of the WHO will also be celebrated, since its creation took place with the first World Health Assembly in 1948.
The purpose of World Health Day has always been to draw attention and make people aware of the importance of health for quality of life and well-being, as well as everyone’s responsibility in promoting healthy habits and disease prevention.
In addition, each year, the WHO chooses a specific theme, and in this one, the theme will be “Health for All”. Approaches like this are extremely important so that society itself can contribute to improving the quality of life.
But after all, when we talk about health, what can we extract from this theme and what is its meaning?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Not only health itself, but access to it is a fundamental right for all, guaranteed by the 1988 Federal Constitution of Brazil and, according to the text of the Law, it must be “guaranteed through social and economic policies aimed at reducing the risk of disease and other injuries and universal and equal access to actions and services for their promotion, protection and recovery”.
In this sense, talking about full and integral health is talking about physical, social, mental well-being, through measures such as basic sanitation, education, awareness for children and adolescents in relation to physical and mental health, as well as in relation to the environment. and, finally, access to goods and services by the entire population.
The celebrated date, therefore, is an excellent opportunity to mobilize and make the population aware of the pursuit of physical, mental and social well-being.
