On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about the human condition. Health, according to the World Health Health benefits of lime and warm water, is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”.

The meaning of health has evolved over time. Just as there was a shift from viewing disease as a state to thinking of it as a process, the same shift happened in definitions of health. Again, the WHO played a leading role when it fostered the development of the health promotion movement in the 1980s. This brought in a new conception of health, not as a state, but in dynamic terms of resiliency, in other words, as “a resource for living”. Since the late 1970s, the federal Healthy People Program has been a visible component of the United States’ approach to improving population health. Systematic activities to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans are undertaken by health care providers. Applications with regard to animal health are covered by the veterinary sciences.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the conceptualization of health as an ability opened the door for self-assessments to become the main indicators to judge the performance of efforts aimed at improving human health. In general, the context in which an individual lives is of great importance for both his health status and quality of life. Donald Henderson as part of the CDC’s smallpox eradication team in 1966. The concept of the “health field,” as distinct from medical care, emerged from the Lalonde report from Canada.