Looking towards the World Health Day, which will be held next April, the General Health Council invited health institutions, higher education institutions, colleges, universities, scientific societies and professionals working in the healthcare industry in general, to submit their respective nominations for the ‘Health Merit Award’. Applicants must be public servants and others who have distinguished by their merits in favor of the health of Mexican people.
The awards include the ‘Eduardo Liceaga’ Decoration for Medical Sciences Healthcare Administration; and the prices: ‘Doctor Miguel Otero’ for Clinical Research, ‘Doctor Gerardo Varela’ for Public Health, ‘Doctor Manuel Velasco Suarez’ for Neurology and Neurosurgery, ‘Dr. Guillermo Soberon Acevedo’ for Institutional Development, ‘Doctor Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz’ for Mental Health, ‘Doctor Ignacio Chavez’, for Medical Humanism, ‘Martin de la Cruz’ for Chemical and Biological Research, ‘Dr. Margarita Chorne Salazar’ for Dentistry, ‘Nurse Isabel Cendala y Gomez’ for Merit in Nursing, and ‘Lucia Salcido’ for Nursing Assistance.
These distinctions seek to recognize health professionals who have excelled in the fields of medicine, chemistry and pharmacy, dentistry, nursing and other health areas, and will be delivered in a ceremony that will lead President Enrique Peña Nieto and Health Minister Juan Mercedes.
The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day on 7 April. Every year a specific topic is chosen, and in this 2015 the topic to be discussed is “Food Safety”. According with the organization, since our food supply becomes increasingly globalized, the need to strengthen food safety systems in and between all countries is becoming more and more evident. Therefore WHO seeks to promote efforts to improve food safety, from farm to plate (and everywhere in between), helping countries prevent, detect and respond to foodborne disease outbreaks.
As reported by WHO, food safety is a shared responsibility. Thus, they believe is important to work all along the food production chain – from farmers and manufacturers to vendors and consumers.
Source: Secretaría de Salud (Mexico’s Ministry of Health), WHO
