April 7th, 2025, was World Health Day!
Each year, World Health Day is celebrated on the seventh of April. This special day represents the kickoff of a year-long campaign to raise awareness and bring about improvements to a specific sector of the healthcare system. This year’s theme is Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures, which focuses on prenatal, postpartum, maternal, and child health.
April 7th is a significant day, as it marks the foundation of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO has been in operation since 1948 and strives to improve healthcare systems across the globe through its national connections and partnerships.
In this blog, WVJC marks the significance of World Health Day and how our healthcare training programs empower students to make a difference in the healthcare field. Keep reading to learn how you can help contribute to healthy beginnings and better futures!
Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures
A healthy life is shaped from the very beginning. The World Health Day 2025 theme recognizes the importance of exceptional care for expecting mothers and their babies. By highlighting the importance of neonatal, infant, early childhood, and adolescent care, healthcare professionals are setting the next generation up for healthier futures. Likewise, prenatal, postpartum, and continued maternal care is vital in creating healthy futures.
World Health Day’s purpose is to share essential resources and education with healthcare professionals so they can improve their practices to help mothers and babies thrive. Its overall goal is to spread awareness of the challenges of prenatal and postpartum care, promote better long-term well-being, and prevent unnecessary deaths or medical issues in mothers and their children.
“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 WVJC Experience
A well-trained healthcare team is essential for the next generation’s upbringing and for improving the future of the medical field. WVJC prioritizes providing a well-rounded education experience that prepares students for entering the workforce. By offering comprehensive healthcare training programs, including nursing, practical nursing, medical assisting, medical coding, pharmacy technician, healthcare administration, medical office administration, and dental assisting, WVJC students receive the knowledge and training to help build a healthier community.
Hands-on lab and clinical training combined with virtual classroom instruction, a real-world externship or clinical rotation experiences prepare students to sit for their industry-specific licensure^ or certification* examination. WVJC graduates can expect to complete their program armed with the skills, knowledge, experience, and confidence to make a difference in their healthcare field.
With WVJC’s Nursing program curriculum, students are equipped with neonatal, women’s health, and pediatrics knowledge to ensure they can provide high-quality preventative and early intervention services to both women and children. In addition to topics aligning with this year’s World Health Day theme, the program also exposes students to general nursing, nursing fundamentals, critical care, and more, allowing graduates to feel prepared to sit for the NCLEX-RN^ licensure examination and work in an array of areas as nurses.
By promoting a supportive, learning-focused environment, WVJC ensures students will gain nursing-specific skills and soft skills essential to the nursing profession, such as empathy, communication, listening, and more. Combining these skills will set the standard for the next generation of healthcare professionals.
How You Can Make A Difference
World Health Day is a symbol and a call to action for healthcare professionals to improve their communities and the overall healthcare system. Filling the medical field with qualified and passionate individuals will ensure that the future of healthcare is bright for years to come.
With WVJC, you can start your journey towards a healthcare career where you, too, can make a difference—request information to connect with our admissions team today.
^Passing the NCLEX-RN licensure examination is required to become a Registered Nurse.
*Certification is contingent upon passing the corresponding industry-specific certification exam.
Certifying entities are independent and not affiliated with or connected to West Virginia Junior College in any manner.