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Aging Is Theme of World Health Day 1982
April 7 Celebration
Aging Is Theme of World Health Day 1982
By CHARLES L. WILLIAMS Jr.
World Health Day is celebrated throughout the world each year on April 7. It is the anniversary of the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), which went into force in 1948. World Health Day is sponsored by WHO, the worldwide international organization for health. The first World Health Day was celebrated on July 22, 1948, two years after the signing of WHO's constitution by the original 61 na- ' tions. At the second World Health
Assembly meeting in 1949, the date for World Health Day was changed to April 7 because, in the majority of countries, schools are closed on July 22 and it was felt that the participation of school children was important and should be encouraged. Beginning in 1950 a specific "theme" has been adopted for each World Health Day. The theme is determined by the Director General of WHO, acting on suggestions submitted by governments and WHO professional staff. The 1982 theme for World Health Day will be "Add Life to Years." This theme was first suggested by the World Health Assembly in 1979 under the title "Health of the Aged."
Health Day Events Groups have already begun to plan for World Health Day in 1982 in New York and in Washington. Groups in other cities are expected to do the same. WHO is preparing a "kit" of materials containing ideas for public meetings, lectures, and newspaper, radio and television presentations. Community groups including schools may receive copies of these rna terials free of charge through the American Association for World Health (AAWH), at 2121 Virginia Avenue, NW, Room 304, Washington, DC 20037; telephone: (202) 861-4322.
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World Health Day events may be sponsored by any interested group
World Health Day Themes 1950: Know Your Own Health Services 1951: Health for Your Child and the World's Children 1952: Healthy Surroundings Make Healthy People 1953: Health is Wealth 1954: The Nurse, Pioneer of Health 1955: Clean Water Means Better Health 1956: Destroy Disease-carrying Insects 1957: Food and Health 1958: Ten Years of Health Progress 1959: Mental Illness and Mental Health in the World Today 1960: Malaria Eradication-A World Challenge 12
1961: Accidents Need Not Happen 1962: Preserve Sight-Prevent Blindness 1963: Hunger, Disease of Millions 1964: No Truce for Tuberculosis 1965: Smallpox-Constant Alert 1966: Man and His Cities 1967: Partners in Health 1968: Health in the World of Tomorrow 1969: Health, Labor and Productivity 1970: Early Detection of Cancer Saves Lives 1971: A Full Life Despite Diabetes 1972: Your Heart Is Your Health 1973: Health Begins at Home 1974: Better Food for a Healthier World
1975: Smallpox-Point of No Return 1976: Foresight Prevents Blindness 1977: Immunize and Protect Your Child 1978: Down with High Blood Pressure 1979: A Healthy Child, a Sure Future 1980: Smoking or Health-the Choice is Yours 1981: Health for All by the Year 2000
1982: Add Life to Years
American Pharmacy Vol. NS22, No. 1, January 1982
~~~--------------~ or person. AAWH, a private voluntary association, sponsors public celebrations each year. Its services are available to interested community groups or schools; it can assist in identifying speakers and providing World Health Day kits. Indeed, the major function of AAWH is to provide information to the American public concerning WHO, its objectives and its programs.
What is WHO? The World Health Organization is the health organization of governments-156 of them-in all parts of the w orld. It was created in 1948, under the authority of the United Nations Charter. It acts as the specialized health arm of the UN, but has its own budget, its own management, and its own directing bodies. The World Health Assembly is the supreme directing body of WHO and consists of the delegates appointed by each of the 156 member nations. The Assembly meets once each year. WH 0 has an extraordinary record of accomplishment. Smallpox has been wiped off the face of the earth by a campaign led by WHO and with the participation of its members. The United States was an important participant and contributor in that effort. Malaria, too, has been substantially reduced in the world's tropical areas, and under active attack are other major tropical disease killers (America n Pharmacy November 1981,
CHIMPANZEE ANTIBODIES-Chimpanzees at the Yerkes Regional Primate
Research Center in Atlanta are helping scientists develop tools to diagnose and treat certain types of human cancer. Drs. Richard S. Metzgar and Hilliard F. Seigler, Duke University researchers who work with the Yerkes' chimpanzees, are studying the ability of the animals' anticancer antibodies to diagnose melanoma and to treat leukemia, melanoma, lymphoma, and pancreatic cancer. Antimelan~ma antibodies may be used to diagnose human melanoma because, when exposed to human tumor cells in the laboratory, they bind only with melanoma cells. When injected into humans, these antibodies may be able to find and destroy cancer cells without harming healthy cells . Pictured above, Metzgar and Seigler work with lymph cells harvested from a chimpanzee.
p. 13).
N ow WHO is leading a major campaign to bring primary health care to every human being within the next 20 years. World Health Day is one major opportunity for American health professionals to join in the international h ealth effort and show support for WHO's programs. If you're interested, write or call AAWH today for information on how you can help in your community. D
Charles L. Williams Jr., MD, is executive director of the American Association for World Health, Inc ., 2121 Virginia Ave., N W, Room 304, Washington, DC 20037. American Pharmacy Vol. NS22, No. 1, January 1982113
PERSPECTIVE ON THE PAST-An actual turn-of-the-century pharmacy, com-
plete with apothecary jars, ancient herbal medicines and carved oak fixtures, has been reconstructed at the Ferris State College School of Pharmacy, Big Rapids, MI. The pharmacy, transported in its entirety from its original location in Summerville, SC, houses not only its own original contents but also artifacts that have been on display in various locations at the pharmacy school. With the reconstructed pharmacy, artifacts will now be displayed in a historically correct setting to enable students to get a better perspective on the technology of a past era. 13
Aging Is Theme of World Health Day 1982
By CHARLES L. WILLIAMS Jr.
World Health Day is celebrated throughout the world each year on April 7. It is the anniversary of the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), which went into force in 1948. World Health Day is sponsored by WHO, the worldwide international organization for health. The first World Health Day was celebrated on July 22, 1948, two years after the signing of WHO's constitution by the original 61 na- ' tions. At the second World Health
Assembly meeting in 1949, the date for World Health Day was changed to April 7 because, in the majority of countries, schools are closed on July 22 and it was felt that the participation of school children was important and should be encouraged. Beginning in 1950 a specific "theme" has been adopted for each World Health Day. The theme is determined by the Director General of WHO, acting on suggestions submitted by governments and WHO professional staff. The 1982 theme for World Health Day will be "Add Life to Years." This theme was first suggested by the World Health Assembly in 1979 under the title "Health of the Aged."
Health Day Events Groups have already begun to plan for World Health Day in 1982 in New York and in Washington. Groups in other cities are expected to do the same. WHO is preparing a "kit" of materials containing ideas for public meetings, lectures, and newspaper, radio and television presentations. Community groups including schools may receive copies of these rna terials free of charge through the American Association for World Health (AAWH), at 2121 Virginia Avenue, NW, Room 304, Washington, DC 20037; telephone: (202) 861-4322.
.
World Health Day events may be sponsored by any interested group
World Health Day Themes 1950: Know Your Own Health Services 1951: Health for Your Child and the World's Children 1952: Healthy Surroundings Make Healthy People 1953: Health is Wealth 1954: The Nurse, Pioneer of Health 1955: Clean Water Means Better Health 1956: Destroy Disease-carrying Insects 1957: Food and Health 1958: Ten Years of Health Progress 1959: Mental Illness and Mental Health in the World Today 1960: Malaria Eradication-A World Challenge 12
1961: Accidents Need Not Happen 1962: Preserve Sight-Prevent Blindness 1963: Hunger, Disease of Millions 1964: No Truce for Tuberculosis 1965: Smallpox-Constant Alert 1966: Man and His Cities 1967: Partners in Health 1968: Health in the World of Tomorrow 1969: Health, Labor and Productivity 1970: Early Detection of Cancer Saves Lives 1971: A Full Life Despite Diabetes 1972: Your Heart Is Your Health 1973: Health Begins at Home 1974: Better Food for a Healthier World
1975: Smallpox-Point of No Return 1976: Foresight Prevents Blindness 1977: Immunize and Protect Your Child 1978: Down with High Blood Pressure 1979: A Healthy Child, a Sure Future 1980: Smoking or Health-the Choice is Yours 1981: Health for All by the Year 2000
1982: Add Life to Years
American Pharmacy Vol. NS22, No. 1, January 1982
~~~--------------~ or person. AAWH, a private voluntary association, sponsors public celebrations each year. Its services are available to interested community groups or schools; it can assist in identifying speakers and providing World Health Day kits. Indeed, the major function of AAWH is to provide information to the American public concerning WHO, its objectives and its programs.
What is WHO? The World Health Organization is the health organization of governments-156 of them-in all parts of the w orld. It was created in 1948, under the authority of the United Nations Charter. It acts as the specialized health arm of the UN, but has its own budget, its own management, and its own directing bodies. The World Health Assembly is the supreme directing body of WHO and consists of the delegates appointed by each of the 156 member nations. The Assembly meets once each year. WH 0 has an extraordinary record of accomplishment. Smallpox has been wiped off the face of the earth by a campaign led by WHO and with the participation of its members. The United States was an important participant and contributor in that effort. Malaria, too, has been substantially reduced in the world's tropical areas, and under active attack are other major tropical disease killers (America n Pharmacy November 1981,
CHIMPANZEE ANTIBODIES-Chimpanzees at the Yerkes Regional Primate
Research Center in Atlanta are helping scientists develop tools to diagnose and treat certain types of human cancer. Drs. Richard S. Metzgar and Hilliard F. Seigler, Duke University researchers who work with the Yerkes' chimpanzees, are studying the ability of the animals' anticancer antibodies to diagnose melanoma and to treat leukemia, melanoma, lymphoma, and pancreatic cancer. Antimelan~ma antibodies may be used to diagnose human melanoma because, when exposed to human tumor cells in the laboratory, they bind only with melanoma cells. When injected into humans, these antibodies may be able to find and destroy cancer cells without harming healthy cells . Pictured above, Metzgar and Seigler work with lymph cells harvested from a chimpanzee.
p. 13).
N ow WHO is leading a major campaign to bring primary health care to every human being within the next 20 years. World Health Day is one major opportunity for American health professionals to join in the international h ealth effort and show support for WHO's programs. If you're interested, write or call AAWH today for information on how you can help in your community. D
Charles L. Williams Jr., MD, is executive director of the American Association for World Health, Inc ., 2121 Virginia Ave., N W, Room 304, Washington, DC 20037. American Pharmacy Vol. NS22, No. 1, January 1982113
PERSPECTIVE ON THE PAST-An actual turn-of-the-century pharmacy, com-
plete with apothecary jars, ancient herbal medicines and carved oak fixtures, has been reconstructed at the Ferris State College School of Pharmacy, Big Rapids, MI. The pharmacy, transported in its entirety from its original location in Summerville, SC, houses not only its own original contents but also artifacts that have been on display in various locations at the pharmacy school. With the reconstructed pharmacy, artifacts will now be displayed in a historically correct setting to enable students to get a better perspective on the technology of a past era. 13