World Health Day 2025

World Health Day, celebrated annually on April 7, is a global reminder of our shared responsibility to ensure health for all. Since its founding in 1950 by the World Health Organization (WHO), this day has highlighted urgent health challenges, inspired collective action, and reaffirmed the right to health as a fundamental human right.

This year, under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,” WHO is launching a year-long global campaign focused on maternal and newborn health, calling on governments, healthcare systems, and communities to strengthen efforts in ending preventable deaths and supporting women’s long-term well-being.

The statistics shared by the WHO website are sobering: nearly 300,000 women die each year due to pregnancy or childbirth, while over 2 million newborns die within their first month, and another 2 million are stillborn. That equates to roughly one preventable death every seven seconds. Despite global targets for 2030, 4 out of 5 countries are currently off track in improving maternal survival, and 1 in 3 will likely miss newborn mortality targets.

At USERN, we echo this urgent call. Our mission to advance science, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration closely aligns with the goals of this campaign. We believe that investing in healthy beginnings is key to building hopeful futures. USERN is committed to promoting research, innovation, and education in maternal and child health and supporting global efforts to make safe births and postnatal care accessible to all.

As WHO and its partners share critical knowledge and guidance throughout the campaign, USERN stands ready to help amplify this message and empower the next generation of scientists and healthcare professionals.

Let us come together to protect the most vulnerable and make meaningful change—because every healthy beginning can shape a better tomorrow.

Together, we support life from the very start.