From the WHP annual calendar · Wednesday, April 7, 2027
World Health Day (WHO)
Annual WHO awareness day with a changing health theme.
Idea to get started
Mini health day: 3 stations in the cafeteria (blood pressure, ergonomics, smoothie bar)
Proven for this occasion
Health Newsletter
Internal communication in the WHP context is often either too infrequent or too boring. The health newsletter is neither—if done right: concise, relevant, with…
Did you know?
World Health Day on April 7 marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948.
Source: WHO, World Health Day
More proven measures for this occasion
Other companies ran these measures for exactly this occasion — with photos, steps and impact.
Upfit Holistic Prevention Program (Nutrition & Exercise)
Digital prevention program for employees: It combines a twelve-month nutrition coaching via the Upfit app with a certified online exercise course. Employees im…
The Health Day That Actually Works
The most visible WHP event of the year – in the right dose: A focused health day with preventive offers is more effective than an overloaded program.
Mini Health Day (self-organized)
Setting aside half a day for health once a year sounds like a lot – and is in fact an effective investment in the workforce. Not because of the individual acti…
Matching the action area
More proven measures from this occasion's action areas.
Open vaccination clinic: vaccinations without a company doctor
Even without a company doctor of your own, you can offer your workforce vaccinations: through the open vaccination clinic of the public health office (Gesundhe…
First Aid Refresher
Basic first-aider training is mandatory. What happens afterward is often forgetting. The refresher picks up where the original training left off – with what ha…
Heat Protection Measures
Heat waves are becoming more frequent, longer, and more extreme — and employers are obligated, both legally and as a matter of basic decency, to protect their …
Smoke-Free Support
Quitting smoking is one of the most effective health decisions a person can make – and one of the hardest to carry out alone. Workplace support measurably chan…
Flu Vaccination Campaign
Flu waves lead to millions of sick notes in Germany: in the severe 2017/18 season, the Robert Koch Institute estimated around 5.3 million flu-related cases of …
Health Screening
In Germany, preventive care often fails not for lack of awareness but for lack of an easy path. Anyone who has to arrange their own doctor's appointment for bl…
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