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World Health Day is more than just a holiday meant to remind you to eat healthily and not skip your workout. This year, it’s about health equity, too. We cover everything you need to know about this year’s World Health Day theme below!<\/span><\/p>\n

World Health Day 2021<\/span><\/h2>\n

Celebrated annually on April 7th, the day commemorates the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). <\/span>World Health Day is intended to raise awareness<\/span><\/a> around challenges and opportunities related to improving health across the globe. Each year, the WHO designates a theme to draw attention to a different global health issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s focus is building a fairer, healthier world. In medical communities and governmental bodies, this is referred to as \u201chealth equity,\u201d and whether or not it exists in our communities has a huge impact on the overall state of health outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Health Equity?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Health equity is a deceptively broad term. In general, it refers to the goal of making sure everyone has the ability to live full, healthy lives through access to all of the medical care they need, regardless of their background or circumstance. According to the CDC, \u201cHealth equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many places in the world, including the US, experience unequal systems of healthcare, meaning that not everyone has access to equal care that results in equitable or fair outcomes. Many areas have seen this lack of health equity become especially noticeable during the COVID-19 pandemic; it has been recorded that communities with more disadvantages or obstacles are harder hit by the pandemic than others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSome people are able to live healthier lives and have better access to health services than others – entirely due to the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age,\u201d reports the WHO. Some obstacles to health equity include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n