{"id":11289,"date":"2017-04-06T11:42:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/world-health-day\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:57:55","slug":"world-health-day","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-health-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local government have a relevant role so as to give answers to the challenge of \u201cEnsuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages\u201d stressed by the Sustainable Development Goal \u2013 SDG 3 of United Nations.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here attached you will find a selection of good practices from member cities that deal with the issue though various approaches such as the personal development of patients of healthcare centres, interaction between students and people with mental health diseases, the policies of prevention of drug addiction, the promotion of healthy eating habits, etc.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sant Boi de Llobregat \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Focus-Experience-23-Sant-Boi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Relating Life<\/a><br>\nAndong \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=38825&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\">The Happy Learning Centre at Andong Hospital<\/a><br>\nMontevideo \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=28805&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUruguayan Cooking&#8221; Food Education Programme<\/a><br>\nLisbon \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=29645&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\">Intervention programme<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can consult more good practices <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubTemesAc.do?idtem=1221&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Art. 11 Charter of Educating Cities <\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe city must guarantee the quality of life for all its inhabitants. This requires creating a balance with its natural surroundings, providing the right to a healthy environment, as well as the right to housing, employment, leisure and public transportation, amongst others. At the same time, the city shall actively promote health education and the participation of all its inhabitants in the best practices of sustainable development.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Other resources:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-health-day\/2017\/event\/en\/%20%20\" target=\"_blank\">World Health Day<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Health Organization<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/entity\/sdg\/targets\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Development Goal 3 <\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/health\/home_en\" target=\"_blank\">General Direction of Health and Food Security of the European Commission.<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.unesco.org\/themes\/education-health-and-well-being\" target=\"_blank\">Policy of UNESCO as regard education for health and well-being<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.euro.who.int\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0015\/101076\/E92343.pdf?ua=1\" target=\"_blank\">Declaration of Zagreb of Healthy Cities<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11290,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[800],"edc_news_tag":[872],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11289","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-international-day","edc_news_tag-health"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Health Day - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-health-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Health Day - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local government have a relevant role so as to give answers to the challenge of \u201cEnsuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages\u201d stressed by the Sustainable Development Goal \u2013 SDG 3 of United Nations. 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