Each on 7 April, the world has always celebrated the HKS. On one day a variety of celebrations held in each country to reaffirm the importance of public health campaigns in an effort to improve the lives of human beings productive and happy. For World Health Day 2010, the theme is taken is "1,000 cities, 1,000 lives". The campaign is calling on all cities in the world to provide a space for citizens to organize activities related to health on the one day a week between 7 to 11 April 2010.
WHO Communications Officer Lori Sloate, said the health risks of people living in urban environments will be doubled because of the high rates of infectious diseases, chronic diseases and increased concentration of violence and crime in those locations. Poverty can also exacerbate the health risks in urban environments.
"The idea about this (HKS Campaign) is a proper means of a campaign to mobilize efforts and focus on the importance of urban leadership in addressing health issues," he said as quoted Medicalnewstoday. com.
Armenia Region UN Permanent Coordinator Dafina Gercheva called on the government throughout the country in the world to participate in this campaign, including Armenia. HKS this year, he said, taking the issue of urbanization is an issue that still shackles of city life.
This type of campaign could be the provision of health information in public spaces such as parks or meeting places, the campaign clean up trash in the street, days free of motor vehicles (car free day) or organize activities to educate people as an effort to make healthy people in larger cities.
"The process (urbanization) has been running actively for 30 years. More than half the world's population live in urban areas. Residents have left their villages and move to the cities. However, not all cities can receive so many people, which eventually led to a variety of issues including health, "he said.
Given the wide scope of this campaign, the theme of "1,000 cities, 1,000 lives" eventually will highlight the impact of urbanization on the health of people in the world and the individuals themselves. The goal is to require all inhabitants of the earth immediately to coordinate their efforts and government officials to address these challenges.
"This joint effort between all these elements have significance that urbanization has a significant impact with this campaign and help improve the quality of health of urban residents," said Gercheva.
WHO officials Samlee Pliangbangchang require each municipal government to take immediate action to promote the importance of health for the community.
According to him, the WHO estimates that every $ 1 spent on revamping the U.S. government to restore funding to sanitation problems USD9, 1 in terms of prevention and treatment of related diseases.
"Improved transportation, infrastructure, and environment-friendly technologies that are built in urban areas are proven to improve the quality of life, including lower rates of respiratory diseases and accidents and lead to better health for all," he added.
Referring to the many health problems in urban areas, the Head Office of the WHO Yerevan Elizabeth Danielian said, "There are many factors that affect health. And ignore these factors mean that there is no organization that can eventually reach the goal (healthy people), "he said.
In Indonesia alone, the government through the Ministry of Health has launched a program to commemorate HKS include Healthy Cities, which began in 2005.
Currently there are 77 cities in Indonesia that has been nurtured for Sehatdan Cities program in which 30 cities have managed to get the award for Healthy Cities.
According to the Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (DG P2PL) Ministry of Health, Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama Sp (K) MARS DTM & H DTCE, the criteria considered for the program is a residential area, utilities, public infrastructure, the means of traffic rules, and services transportation.
"In addition, other criteria are healthy industrial estates and offices, the tourist area of health, social life a healthy, independent lives, the food and nutrition, healthy mining region, and healthy forests," he said.
He further said, in addition to Healthy Cities program, the Ministry of Health also has a Community-Led Total Sanitation program (STBM) which has 5 components, namely stop defecate (BAB) at random, wash hands with soap (CTPS), the management of drinking water and food safe at home, waste management, household waste management.
"Some of the factors that cause health problems in urban areas are pollution (water and air), stress, unhealthy food quality, environmental, housing and transportation that are not healthy, the impact of smoking, drugs, and so on," said Tjandra.
Tjandra said the WHO estimates that by 2030, 6 out of 10 people will be urban dwellers, and will increase to 7 of 10 people in 2050. For Indonesia, in 2009, more than 43 percent of Indonesia's population lives in urban areas. According to the prediction in 2025 of more than 60 percent of the population will live in the city center.
"As a result, the city faces a major obstacle. Reflect on the events of 1999, there were two of the five cities in Indonesia including the poor. Impact, the rate of urbanization into areas of the city can no longer bearable, "he added.
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