World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world.
The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure.
WHO's Global School Health Initiative
World Health Organization, 1998
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Health Promoting Schools: Strategies and Lines of Action 2003-2012
Pan American Health Organization, 2003
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