| The World Health Day was commemorated on April 4, 2008 at the AHI Youth Friendly Centre with the theme, "protecting health against climate change". It focused on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) selected this theme in recognition of the growing threat of climate change to global public health security.
Activities carried out at the event included lectures, quiz competition, impromptu speeches, among others.
In one of the lectures, young people were taken through factors that promote good health such as good nutrition, personal hygiene and environmental hygiene. They were informed of the need to protect themselves against the adverse effects of climate change by ensuring healthy lifestyles. Common illnesses that could be contracted through water and air were highlighted. These included typhoid, cholera and tuberculosis. According to the facilitator, these could be prevented through healthy lifestyles. Emphasis was also laid on emotional health as feeling good about oneself and having a positive attitude to life are some of the ways of having good emotional health. It was participatory as young people asked questions which were duly answered.
The quiz competition and the impromptu speeches also brought out the best in the participants as they competed for honours in various categories. It was a consensus that without good health, wealth could not be enjoyed and for a country to grow and develop economically, the citizens would have to be healthy.
The programme attracted 298 young people comprising 142 boys and 156 girls and curtains were drawn after various dance presentations by troupes from the Mainland Senior High School, Jibowu; Ifako Comprehensive Senior High School; Angus Memorial Senior High School and Morocco Comprehensive Basic School.
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