April 7th, 2025, is World Health Day!
Every year, on the seventh of April, World Health Day is recognized and marks the start of a year-long campaign to raise awareness and improve a specific healthcare sector. This year’s theme is Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures, which prioritizes prenatal, maternal, postpartum, and newborn health.
April 7th was chosen to pay homage to the World Health Organization (WHO), which was founded on this date in 1948. Since then, the WHO has promoted healthier lives worldwide through partnerships and connections.
In this blog, East Ohio College (EOC) will highlight the significance of World Health Day and how EOC empowers its students to make a difference in healthcare. Keep reading to learn how you can contribute to a better future for healthcare!
Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures
Health is the foundation of life, and it starts from the beginning. The World Health Day 2025 theme represents the importance of healthcare for mother and baby. By shining light on neonatal, infant, early childhood, and adolescent care, healthcare professionals can pave the way for healthier futures. Likewise, prenatal and postpartum care is vital in creating healthy beginnings.
World Health Day aims to provide medical professionals with proper resources, education, and healthcare practices to help mothers and babies thrive. The initiative’s goal is to improve awareness of women’s postpartum challenges, promote better long-term well-being, and prevent unnecessary deaths or medical issues.
“The health of mothers and babies is the foundation of healthy families and communities, helping ensure hopeful futures for us all.”
– World Health Organization
The East Ohio College Experience
A well-trained healthcare workforce is the key to a healthy future. East Ohio College prioritizes providing students with a well-rounded educational experience by offering comprehensive healthcare training programs, including nursing, medical assisting, medical coding, medical office administration, and dental assisting. EOC graduates can help build a healthier community.
Hands-on lab and clinical experiences, virtual classroom instruction, real-world externship or clinical rotation experiences, and certification* or licensure^ preparation equip students with the skills, knowledge, and expertise necessary to treat patients in every condition.
EOC’s Nursing program highlights neonatal, women’s health, and pediatric learning to ensure our nursing graduates can support early intervention and preventative healthcare for women and children. Along with topics that align with this year’s World Health Day theme, East Ohio College’s nursing curriculum also includes general nursing care, critical care, fundamentals of nursing, and more to allow graduates to feel prepared to sit for the NCLEX-RN^ licensure examination and then enter their communities as nurses upon graduation.
By fostering a supportive and caring environment within our classrooms, EOC healthcare students will develop soft skills such as empathy, listening, communication, and more, setting the tone for the next generation of healthcare professionals.
How You Can Make A Difference
World Health Day is more than a symbolic recognition day; it is a call to action for interested individuals to make a difference in their community. Filling the medical field with trained, knowledgeable, passionate, and caring individuals will ensure the future of healthcare can be bright for years to come.
With the help of East Ohio College, you can be a part of the journey toward a healthier world. Get started today by requesting information from the EOC admissions team!
*Certification is contingent upon passing the corresponding industry-specific certification exam.
^Passing the NCLEX-RN licensure examination is required to become a Registered Nurse.
Certifying entities are independent and not affiliated with or connected to West Virginia Junior College in any manner.