Images of Health and Disability 2006-2007

Offered by the World Health Organization (WHO), this is a global photo and video contest focused on the theme "Health and Environment". This contest intends to contribute to WHO's global efforts to raise the awareness of the importance of ensuring healthier environments.

The photographs or short video clips should capture the positive or negative impact of the environment on people's health and functioning in their day-to-day life. They should:

• portray how a healthy and enabling environment can prevent or reduce diseases
• illustrate how environmental risks such as air pollution, poor sanitation, work-related stress, excessive ultraviolet radiation, chemicals, or built environments (such as streets, buildings etc) affect people's health, and hamper their functioning
• show how people and communities protect themselves from environmental risks
• portray how people are living in healthy and enabling environments, or
• show how enhanced physical activity and public transport, and/or improved housing environment can make a difference in terms of preventing or reducing diseases.

Photos can be submitted in four categories:

1. colour photographs (digital or prints)
2. black and white photographs (digital or prints)
3. digital art photographs (images created or drastically manipulated by computer software or electronic filters); and
4. short video clips

In each category, prizes will be awarded from US$100 to US$1,000.

Deadline for entries is March 9 2007.

Click here to download more information in English as a PDF document.

Click here to download more information in French as a PDF document.

Click here to download the entry form in English as a Microsoft Word document.


Click here to download the entry form in French as a Microsoft Word document.