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April 7, 1989, Vol 261, No. 13 >
ARTICLE | April 7, 1989

World Health Day Emphasizes Preventive Efforts, Teamwork to Fight Illness, Injury, Drugs

Phil Gunby
JAMA. 1989;261(13):1861-1862. doi:10.1001/jama.1989.03420130019006.
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TODAY (April 7) is World Health Day.

Its motto is "let's talk health." One goal of this sharing of knowledge about healthier life-styles, according to Hiroshi Nakajima, MD, PhD, director-general of the sponsoring World Health Organization, is to help each of the planet's citizens to "feel responsible for his or her own health."

World No-Tobacco Day Next  World Health Day will be followed in about 8 weeks by World No-Tobacco Day (May 31). And, in about 8 months (December 1), another "world day" is planned in connection with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The latter will be the second World AIDS Day (JAMA. 1988;260:2969-2970).All of these are sponsored by the World Health Organization, an autonomous unit within the United Nations system that came into being 41 years ago today with the ratification of its constitution. Today, 166 nations belong to the World Health Organization and it has a worldwide staff of

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