World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide.The WHO was established on April 7, 1948, and formally began its work on September 1, 1948. It incorporated the assets, personnel, and duties of the League of Nations' Health Organization and the Paris-based , including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The agency's work began in earnest in 1951 after a significant infusion of financial and technical resources.
The WHO's official mandate is to promote health and safety while helping the vulnerable worldwide. It provides technical assistance to countries, sets international health standards, collects data on global health issues, and serves as a forum for scientific or policy discussions related to health. Its official publication, the ''World Health Report'', provides assessments of worldwide health topics.
The WHO has played a leading role in several public health achievements, most notably the eradication of smallpox, the near-eradication of polio, and the development of an Ebola vaccine. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer; healthy diet, nutrition, and food security; occupational health; and substance abuse. The agency advocates for universal health care coverage, engagement with the monitoring of public health risks, coordinating responses to health emergencies, and promoting health and well-being generally.
The WHO is governed by the World Health Assembly (WHA), which is composed of its 194 member states. The WHA elects and advises an executive board made up of 34 health specialists; selects the WHO's chief administrator, the director-general (currently Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia); sets goals and priorities; and approves the budget and activities. The WHO is funded primarily by contributions from member states (both assessed and voluntary), followed by private donors. Its total approved budget for 2020–2021 is over $7.2 billion, while the approved budget for 2022–2023 is over $6.2 billion. The budget is $6.83 billion for 2024–2025.
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Quantification Addendum : International Medical Guide for Ships. by Organization, World Health
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Chemical Safety of Drinking-water : Assessing Priorities for Risk Management. by Organization, World Health
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Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence against Women : WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines. by Organization, World Health
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World Health Report 2001 : Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope. by Organization, World Health
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Safety Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and Contaminants : Seventy-seventh Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). by Organization, World Health
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Global Health Risks : Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks. by Organization, World Health
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International travel and health 2005 : situation as on 1 January 2005. by Organization, World Health
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Bulletin of WHO Vol. 91 No. 05 2013. by Organization, World Health
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Bulletin of WHO Vol. 91 No. 02 2013. by Organization, World Health
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Preventing Chronic Diseases : a Vital Investment. by Staff, World Health Organization
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Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 20 No. 11 2014 : Trilingual edition English/French/Arabic. by Organization, World Health
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What Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Have Been Developed to Measure Health-Related Community Resilience at a National and Local Level? by Organization, World Health
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Explorations of Inequality by Organization, World Health
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WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization. by Organization, World Health
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WHO Guidelines on Tularaemia. by Organization, World Health
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The Treatment of Tuberculosis. by Organization, World Health
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Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria. by Organization, World Health
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WHO Model Formulary. by Organization, World Health
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International Classification of Procedures in Medicine. by Organization, World Health
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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control : Guidelines for Implementation of Article 5.3, Article 8, Article 11, and Article 13. by Organization, World Health
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