World Environmental Health Day 2023- September 26

Current Context: World Environmental Health Day 2023 is on September 26. This is a special day to raise awareness about the importance of environmental health and to promote action to protect human health from environmental hazards.

• The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day is “Global Environmental Public Health: Standing up to protect everyone’s Health each and every day”.
• According to the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH), environmental health is one of the largest fields within public health because of the myriad ways external forces can impact how people eat, live, and grow.
• Some of the environmental health issues that affect millions of people around the world include air pollution, water contamination, soil degradation, climate change, biodiversity loss, and chemical exposure.
• These issues can cause various diseases, injuries, and deaths, especially among vulnerable populations such as children, elderly, and poor communities.

Question:

Q.1 What is the theme for World Environmental Health Day 2023?
a. Global Environmental Public Health: Standing up to protect everyone’s Health each and every day
b. Environmental Health for All: Leaving No One Behind
c. Climate Change Challenges, Time for Global Environmental Health to Act in Unison
d. Environmental Health: A Key Public Health Intervention in Disease Pandemic Prevention