'World Health Day’ is celebrated on 7th April every year to mark the anniversary of the of the WHO establishment. This year WHO has set the theme of “Depression”. Taking this opportunity, the Prime Minster of India also delivered a talk about “Depression”. On this eve, this article highlights the WHO’s campaign on depression and proposes to share your views on current health needs in India. WHO’s DEPRESSION CAMPAIGN This year WHO launches a campaign with the theme of depression to spread awareness about mental problems and solutions.
The reason behind selecting depression theme is increasing the number of suicidal cases all across the world. Indeed, depression affects all ages, all profession (medical profession too!) in all countries. Depression is so devastating for the affected person that he cannot even keep his daily simplest tasks. This affects his social behavior and…
