World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7th April with a different theme. Each theme reflects a priority area of current concern to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This year’s theme is ‘Our planet, our health’.

Where can I read more? To find out more about World Health Day 2022, visit the website here.

Links to activities and resources: The United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK) has a page with background information and teaching activities for World Health Day. You can download activities for primary and secondary schools here as well as a factsheet for teachers here.

The Global Dimension website has a wealth of global learning resources for children ages 3 – 16+ under a wide range of topics including ‘Health and Well-being. You can view the resources here.

These creative activities for ages 7-11 and 11-16 get learners thinking about some of the different ways in which we can look after our health and well-being here.