WHO: step up action to protect human and planetary health

As World Health Day April 7 approaches, World Health Organization issued a press release on April 6 urging everyone to act quickly to protect health of people and planet.

The theme for this year's World Health Day is "Our Planet, Our Health". In communiqué, WHO pointed out several facts about close relationship between human health and health of Earth, such as rate and extent of mosquito-borne diseases due to global warming, extreme weather events, loss of biodiversity, land degradation and water resources. pollution Lack of resources displaces many people and affects their health. According to Xinhua News Agency

Source: Shenyang Evening News

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