'Healthy Start, Hopeful Futures': World Health Day 2025 Spot Light Mother and Baby Welfare | Today news

Each year on April 7, the World Community holds World Health Day true, commemorating the establishment of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. This day serves as an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a topic of great importance to world health. In 2025, the focus is on mother and newborn health, which is in the theme “Healthy Beginning, Hopeful Futures”. The theme underlines the critical importance of ensuring quality healthcare for mothers and their newborns. According to the WHO, approximately 287,000 mothers have lost their lives due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth in 2020. This disturbing statistics highlights the urgent need for improved maternal health care services worldwide. “Our health begins before birth. It is a multi-generation heritage that has been bequeathed from our grandparents to our parents,” says Saima Wazed, the regional director of Southeast Asia. “This means that when we improve the health of our people today, the effects of time over time and to increase generations still unborn.” The campaign “Healthy Start, Hopeful Future Contracts” is aimed at: emphasizing: gaps in the survival of mothers and newborn survival and emphasize the need to prioritize the long-term wellness of women. Encourage effective investments that improve the health of women and babies. Mobilize support for parents and healthcare staff that provide the post-period of health and post-period. This year’s World Health Day is also the beginning of a year -long campaign dedicated to mother and newborn health. The initiative calls on governments and the global health community to end the efforts to end preventable mother and newborn deaths and to prioritize the overall health and well-being of women. According to the Times of India, significant progress has been made in improving the health outcomes of mothers in India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported a reduction in the maternal death ratio (MMR) from 130 per 100,000 live births in 2014-16 to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20. As the World World Health Day observes 2025, the emphasis on mothers and newborn health serves as a reminder of the foundation role that these aspects play in building healthier societies. To ensure that every mother and child has access to quality healthcare is not only a moral imperative, but also an important investment in the future well -being of communities worldwide.