Deliver The Strikes” public occasion to have fun Well being For All

• Common Well being Protection Day (12 December) will probably be celebrated alongside the Scoring 4 the Objectives marketing campaign happening on the sidelines of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with a dance and music showcase occasion on the primary stage on the FIFA Fan Zone, Doha (7pm begin).
• Award-winning Rwandan choreographer Sherrie Silver; singer of hit track I Like To Transfer It; The Mad Stuntman; and WHO Goodwill Ambassadors champion footballer Didier Drogba and Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker to characteristic in occasion.
• FIFA, the World Well being Group, the Schooling Above All Basis, and the Qatar Ministry of Public Well being staff up for a enjoyable, public name for Well being For All.

The FIFA World Cup semi-finals will kick off with a showcase dance and music occasion to have fun Well being for All on Common Well being Protection Day (12 December) on the primary stage on the FIFA Fan Competition in Doha, Qatar.

The “Be Energetic: Deliver The Strikes for Well being For All” occasion, organized by FIFA, the World Well being Group (WHO), the Schooling Above All Basis and the Ministry of Public Well being (MoPH), will characteristic particular appearances by stars of dance, music and soccer.

The activation is a part of Schooling Above All’s world Scoring 4 The Objectives Marketing campaign to advocate for the UN Sustainable Improvement Objectives. The occasion is being supported by award-winning Hollywood dancer and choreographer, Sherrie Silver; singer The Mad Stuntman, the voice of worldwide hit I Wish to Transfer It, Transfer It, which is the theme track of the FIFA-WHO Deliver The Strikes bodily exercise marketing campaign; and WHO Goodwill Ambassadors and soccer champions Didier Drogba and Alisson Becker.

“I can’t wait to Deliver the Strikes on the FIFA Fan Competition and play my half to advertise Well being for All on Common Well being Protection Day on behalf of Rwanda and in assist of the Schooling Above All Basis,” mentioned Sherrie Silver. “Dance has been a supply not simply of pleasure and keenness for me, but in addition of being wholesome, bodily and mentally.”

The occasion will have fun the significance of well being in a number of methods, together with:

• marking the annual UHC Day marketing campaign, led by WHO and world companions, to advertise and speed up achievement of entry to inexpensive, equitable and efficient well being care around the globe;
• calling for progress on Sustainable Improvement Aim #3 for Well being and Nicely-Being, as a part of the EAAF/UN-led #ScoringForTheGoals marketing campaign; and
• selling elevated bodily exercise by a mass dance-led exercise, held the day earlier than the rolling out of the “Be Energetic: Deliver The Strikes” for well being marketing campaign throughout the 13-14 December semi-finals.

Dance artist and vocalist The Mad Stuntman mentioned: “I’ve been so pleased to see soccer followers Deliver The Strikes and dance for well being to my track, I Like To Transfer It, throughout the World Cup. I can’t wait to see some strikes with my very own eyes on 12 December once I be a part of Sherie Silver and soccer lovers from around the globe on the FIFA Fan Competition after we be a part of the worldwide motion for Well being For All on Common Well being Protection Day.”

Didier Drogba, WHO Goodwill Ambassador and FIFA Legend, mentioned: “We could be lively for well being in some ways, by shifting for health to calling for entry to take care of all. I’m proud to be lending my voice to each on Common Well being Protection Day in Doha.”

Alisson Becker, Brazil and Liverpool goalkeeper, and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Well being Promotion, added: “On Common Well being Protection Day, let’s all be lively and play our half to make well being for all our aim.”

The UHC Day 2022 theme is “Construct the world we wish: A wholesome future for all,” the aim of which is to name for stronger well being methods dedicated to fairness, belief, wholesome environments, investments and accountability.

The Scoring 4 the Objectives Marketing campaign goals to boost consciousness and name for motion to attain the United Nation’s Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs), the worldwide agenda to carry a extra affluent and equitable future for all.

Editors notes:

For Broadcasters: Video statements by Didier Drogba and Alisson Becker in assist of Common Well being Protection Day can be found. For entry, please obtain by clicking right here. (Word: the movies are to be used from 11 December onwards.)

WHO and the Ministry of Public Well being, Qatar, working carefully with FIFA, launched the three-year Sport for Well being partnership in 2021 with the objectives of selling wholesome lives, well being safety and bodily and psychological well-being on the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and leveraging the event to point out greatest practices to be used at main sporting occasions around the globe.

WHO and FIFA signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019 to advertise wholesome existence by soccer. The organizations have since collaborated on a number of well being campaigns, together with partaking with soccer followers and the broader public on actions to advertise bodily exercise, psychological well being, tobacco management and COVID-19 prevention.

EAAF and the UN launched, in the beginning of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the #Scoring4theGoals marketing campaign to advertise attainment of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives.

Extra info: WHO- Common Well being Protection Day