Promoting ‘a healthy sustainable future’, the UN health agency engages young and young at heart to 'Walk the Talk'

Celebrating the importance of fitness, on May 19 morning in the Swiss city of Geneva, the United Nations health agency kicked off its second “Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge”.

In the lead up to Monday’s 72nd annual World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered people of all ages and abilities for a free walk/run event that ranged from three to eight kilometres.

Health advocates and the general public joined Assembly delegates and the UN family in recognizing the value of healthy lifestyles and the importance of all people having access the health services.

“Today is not only about sport”, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It is about promoting health for all”.

According to WHO, the Walk movement promotes “physical activity as part of a healthy sustainable future”.

On May 20, global health experts will converge at the annual WHA72, under the theme Universal Health Coverage, to work towards creating a world where everyone has equal access to affordable, quality health care.

Original source: UN News
Published on 19 May 2019