The environment around us, the place we live, the food we eat, the surroundings we live in and the air we breathe, together add to our health. It is very important to live in a healthy environment that enhances our quality of life. Environment Health is a branch of public health which focuses on the relationship shared by human beings and their environment. It helps in fostering healthy and safer communities which can help both human beings and the environment to thrive. It also helps in promoting the importance of human health and their well-being.
Every year, World Environmental Health Day is celebrated on
September 26. This year, World Environmental Health Day falls on Tuesday.
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. "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. These forces can be about addressing our natural
environment (as in the case for clean water or sanitation), but they can also
be the consequence of human beings' actions," wrote the International
Federation of Environmental Health on their official website. On this day,
various organisations get together to raise awareness about the importance of
environmental health and explore methods to protect the environment.
The International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH)
has been working for the last thirty-two years to improve the health issues
that threaten to kill human beings and are the reason for their suffering. The
International Federation of Environmental Health, in 2011, announced World
Environmental Health Day to be celebrated every year on September 26. This day
is focused on creating awareness about environmental health.
Leo Ilanka Laksiri
Second year
Faculty of Arts
