1948: the World Health Organization decided to celebrate 7th April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day.The World Health Day is celebrated to create “awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO). World Health Day 2006 focuses on Working together for health.

　　1948年，世界衛(wèi)生組織確定每年4月7日為世界衛(wèi)生日，從1950年開(kāi)始生效。確立世界衛(wèi)生日的目的是讓世界衛(wèi)生組織重點(diǎn)觀注某一健康領(lǐng)域的問(wèn)題。今年的主題是關(guān)注醫(yī)護(hù)人力資源。