Tsiku lopanda fodya linayambika pa May 31, 1987, sizinangochitika mwangozi. Bungwe la World Health Organization lakhala liri pa chisankho ichi kwa nthawi yaitali. Chiwerengero cha anthu omwe satha kukhala opanda ndudu ndiposa anthu mamiliyoni 650 padziko lapansi. Mulu waukulu wa anthu umavutika ndi poizoni wa wina, iwo amachititsa utsi, osati iwo okha kukhala osuta opanga. Kufikira anthu mamiliyoni asanu amapita kudziko lina chifukwa cha matenda omwe amabwera chifukwa cha poizoni wokhazikika ndi chikonga, makamaka khansara yamapapo . Kusangalala kwa kusuta kumatseka maso awo ku zotsatira zowonongeka, ndipo panthawi imeneyo mapapu, mitsempha ya magazi, mtima ndi ziwalo zina zimakhalanso zowonongeka. Choncho, nthawi yomweyo inafunika kuchitidwa, kukweza anthu ndi kuwathandiza m'njira zina maboma a mayiko onse otukuka popanda.
Dziko Lopanda Fodya chaka chino
Chaka chino, WHO inaganiza zoyendetsa ntchito yoletsa kusuta pogwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti: "Kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa fodya, kupulumutsa miyoyo." Choyamba, tikukamba za kukweza misonkho pamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya fodya. Izi zimayesa, ngakhale zimagwira mthumba wa osuta, koma zimachepetsa kumwa mankhwala. Kuwonjezeka kwa msonkho wa 10% kungachepetse kugulitsa kwa fodya kuchokera 4% mpaka 5%, malingana ndi dera.
Dziko Lonse Sitikudya Fodya limaphatikizapo zochitika zosiyanasiyana - matebulo ozungulira, ma TV, nkhani zamanyuzipepala, misonkhano pamakampani. Zonsezi ziyenera kuperekedwa kwa kampaniyo potsutsa malonda a ndudu, kufotokozera za kuopsa kwa kusuta fodya. Makamaka pa Tsiku Lonse la Fodya, tikufunika kulimbikitsa ntchito yathu ndi achinyamata. Zindikirani kuti anthu akale amasiya chizoloŵezichi, amakhala ndi mwayi wokhala ndi moyo wautali, kupeŵa matenda osiyanasiyana chifukwa cha poizoni wa thupi lawo ndi utsi wa fodya.