World Health Day 2008: protecting health from climate change

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Today, 7 April, is World Health Day. It marks the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) and is an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. In 2008, World Health Day focuses on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change.

Read here a transcript of video message from Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General.