World Health Day is celebrated globally every year on 7 April to mark the founding of the World Health Organization and to raise awareness of a key global health issue.

The theme of World Health Day 2008 is: Protecting Health from Climate Change.

This year also marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the World Health Organization (1948-2008).

"Celebrating 60 years of services of health" is the Regional slogan to mark the occasion in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.