The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).
1) When was first World Health Day?
a) 1950
b) 1965
c) 1972
d) 1991
2) One of the most successful world day themes was celebrated in 1995. What did this World Health Day raise awareness for?
a) emphysema
b) Polio
c) Diabetes
d) Parkinson&`&s disease
3) What is theme for the World Health Day this year (2015)?
a) Road Safety
b) Ageing
c) Food Safety
d) Healthy Environments for Children
4) Last year&`&s World Health Day theme was entitled "small bite; big threat", what does this title refer to?
a) Adverse affects on one&`&s health from eating too many snacks
b) Adverse affects that certain baby foods can have on infants
c) Diseases that can be passed on from street animals to humans (ie. Rabbies)
d) Most commonly know vectors (ie. Mosquitoes)
5) In 2013 the world health organization switched their awareness to blood pressure. During their research they made an estimate of how many people worldwide have raised blood pressure. How many people did they estimate have raised blood pressure?
a) Half the world population
b) 1 in 3 people
c) 1 in 10 people
d) The majority of the population suffer from raised blood pressure
6) Where is the world health organization based?
a) Geneva
b) Frankfurt
c) Paris
d) Moscow