April 7 is World Health Day. The World Health Day theme for 2024 is ‘My health, my right’, to champion the importance of healthcare for all, as well as safe and healthy living conditions including safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination.
We recommend the following films plus our free teaching guides for teaching about the intersection of individual health, public health, and human rights:
- Our Environmental Studies Lesson Collection, about environmental conditions;
- From the Ashes, about coal and public health;
- Greener Pastures, about the impact of soil and food quality on nutrition and health;
- Landfill Harmonic, about waste, recycling and water;
- The Invisible Shield, about the public health system that makes modern life possible;
- Unzipped, about homelessness and the affordable housing crisis.
We are also pleased to offer free teaching resources for films about human rights and freedom from discrimination:
- Our Black History Lesson Collection, about Black history and racial equity;
- Crip Camp, about disability rights;
- Finding Pride, about LGBTQ identities;
- He Named Me Malala and The Neighborhood Storyteller, about gender equity in education;
- Hidden Figures and Jane, about gender equity in STEM fields;
- Wadjda and Whale Rider, about gender equity in contemporary society.
These teaching materials are available for free to help you teach about the complex social issues that affect individual health and public health — today and all year round.
