World Health Day 2022: Ayush Ministry Organized Yoga Mahotsav

World Health Day 2022- Relevance for UPSC Exam

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On 7^th April 2022, World Health Day 2022 was celebrated across India. On this occasion, the Ministry of Ayush, organised a grand program ‘Yoga Mahotsav’ at Red Fort, New Delhi.
Yoga Mahotsav demonstrated a common yoga protocol on World Health Day 2022.

Yoga Mahotsav marked the 75th day of the countdown to the International Day of Yoga which is celebrated on June 21 every year.
Venue: Yoga Mahotsav was organized at Red Fort in New Delhi on April 7.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was the Chief Guest at Yoga Mahotsav.
Participation: Yoga Mahotsav 2022 was attended by several other Union ministers, Ambassadors of various countries stationed in Delhi, Members of Parliament, Yoga Gurus as well as other prominent spokespersons.
Purpose: Yoga Mahotsav on World Health Day 2022 is being organized-
- For a demonstration of the common Yoga Protocol and
- To mark the 75th-day countdown to the International Day of Yoga on June 21.

About: World Health Day is observed every year on April 7 to draw attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.
Background: World Health Day is celebrated on the date of 7 April which marks the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948.
- The first World Health Day was marked in 1950.
World Health Day 2022 theme: World Health Day 2022 theme is ‘Our Planet, Our Health’.
- World Health Day 2022 theme aims at focusing on the need for urgent actions to keep the planet and humans healthy and to create societies that are focused on the well-being of every individual.