{"id":9830,"date":"2025-04-04T08:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=9830"},"modified":"2025-04-04T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:33:14","slug":"world-health-day-7-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/04\/04\/world-health-day-7-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Day, 7 April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and to prioritize women\u2019s longer-term health and well-being.<br \/>WHO and partners will also share useful information to support healthy pregnancies and births, and better postnatal health.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-54x54.jpg 54w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3-148x148.jpg 148w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2025\/03\/every-7-seconds_3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Tragically, based on currently published estimates, close to 300 000 women lose their life due to pregnancy or childbirth each year, while over 2 million babies die in their first month of life and around 2 million more are stillborn. That\u2019s roughly 1 preventable death every 7 seconds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Source: World Health Organization (WHO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-health-day\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-health-day\/2025<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">(Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/42a0KHN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Health Organization (WHO)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can search the library\u2019s search tool <a href=\"https:\/\/lshtm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?vid=44HYG_INST:44HYG_VU1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discover<\/a> for articles and books on aspects of maternal and newborn health and related subjects. <\/p>\n<p>We also have a small book display in the library reading room.<\/p>\n<p>Books on display:<\/p>\n<p>Kotch, Jonathan B. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000318419703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maternal and Child Health\u202f: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health<\/a><\/em>. 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Jones &amp; Bartlett Learning, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Black, Robert E. et al., eds. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000627249103736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health<\/a><\/em>. Third edition. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Kamat, Deepak M, Philip R Fischer, and American Academy of Pediatrics. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000329569703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Textbook of Global Child Health<\/a><\/em>. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Kuh, Diana, and Rebecca Hardy. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000108729703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Life Course Approach to Women\u2019s Health<\/a><\/em>. Oxford\u202f; Oxford University Press, 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Yamin, Alicia Ely. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000132559703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learning to Dance\u202f: Advancing Women\u2019s Reproductive Health and Well-Being from the Perspectives of Public Health and Human Rights<\/a>.<\/em> Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Pathmanathan, Indra, and World Bank. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000129429703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Investing in Maternal Health: Learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka<\/a><\/em>. Wasington, DC: World Bank, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Freedman, Lynn P, and UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000131739703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who\u2019s Got the Power?\u202f: Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children<\/a><\/em>. London: Earthscan, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer, N. J. (Nicholas J). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000113919703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weighing the Evidence\u202f: How Is Birthweight Determined?<\/a><\/em> Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Burns, A. August (Arlene August), and Sandy Niemann. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000363009703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Where Women Have No Doctor\u202f: A Health Guide for Women<\/a><\/em>. Albany, Calif: The Hesperian Foundation, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Wejnert, Barbara, Suzanne K Steinmetz, and Nirupama Prakash. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000225279703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World<\/a>.<\/em> London\u202f; Routledge, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Okonofua, Friday E, and Women\u2019s Health and Action Research Centre. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/od12o\/alma991000943802503736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Confronting the Challenge of Reproductive Health in Africa\u202f: A Textbook for Students and Development Practitioners<\/a><\/em>. Ed. by Friday E. Okonofua. Nigeria: Women\u2019s Health and Action Research Centre, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Morris, Anne E, and Susan M Nott. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/od12o\/alma991000114189703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Well Women\u202f: The Gendered Nature of Health Care Provision<\/a><\/em>. Aldershot, Hants, England\u202f; Ashgate, 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures &#8220;World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":9891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7575,81956,1],"tags":[18903,64735,64668],"class_list":["post-9830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-collections","category-uncategorised","tag-library","tag-library-display","tag-world-health","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Health Day, 7 April 2025 - Library, Archive &amp; Open Research Services blog<\/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:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/04\/04\/world-health-day-7-april-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Health Day, 7 April 2025 - Library, Archive &amp; 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