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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Midwifery education and services. Report on a conference convened by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization in collaboration with the Government of the USS...
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Guidelines for Monitoring the Availability and use of Obstetric Services /
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Efficacy and radiation safety in intervetional radiology. /
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Study of International Health Activities at School of Nursing in the United States and some School in Latin America and the Caribbean /
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Fomento de la salud en el lugar de trabajo : uso indebido de alcohol y drogas /
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Acrylic acid /
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Diflubenzuron /
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International nonpropietary names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances : list 1-65 of proposed INN and lists 1-31 of recommended INN Cumulative list No.8 = Dénominations communes in...
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International nonpropietary names [INN] for pharmaceutical substances : list 1-73 of proposed INN and list 1-35 of recommended INN : cumulative list Nº 9 = Dénominations communes i...
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International nonpropietary names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances 1988 : list 1-58 of proposed INN and lists 1-27 of recommended INN : Cumulative list No.7 = Dénominations comm...
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The Sisterhood Method for Estimating Maternal Mortality : Guidance notes for potential users /
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Guidelines for essential trauma care /
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Selecting Reproductive Health Indicators : A guide for distarict managers /
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Monitoring Reproductive Health : Selecting a short list of National and global indicators /
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La regionalización de los servicios de salud : la experiencia de Puerto Rico / texto en inglés preparado para la Asociación Internacional de Epidemiología y la Organización Mundial...
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Quality assurance in radiotherapy : a guide prepared following a workshop held at schloss reisensburg, 3-7 december 1984 /
Published 1988“…Institute of radiation hygiene federal health office, Neuherberg, Federal Republic of Germany and world health organization, Geneva, Switzerland…”
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Reproductive Health Indicators for Global Monitoring : Report of an interagency technical meeting 9-11 April 1997 /
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Los Pueblos Indígenas y la Salud /
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Assessment of radioactivity in man : proceedings of the symposium on the assessment of radioactivity in man organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labou...
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Orientaciones para predecir la ingesta alimentaria de residuos de plaguicidas.
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