World Health Day is observed across the globe on April 7.
- The day, in celebration since 1950, marks the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization in 1948.
- The Theme for 2014 is ‘Vector-borne diseases: small bite, big threat’.
- Vectors (mosquitoes, flies, bugs etc) transmit diseases like malaria, dengue, yellow fever etc.
- The theme for the last year was ‘Healthy heart beat, Healthy blood pressure’.
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