World Health Organization
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The WHO was established on April 7, 1948, and convened its first meeting on July 24 of that year. 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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The selection and use of essential medicines : report of the who expert committee, 2003. by World Health Organization
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Who expert committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations, thirty-seventh report. by World Health Organization
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Le point sur l'epidemie de sida - decembre 2006 : annual report. by World Health Organization
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Atlas - country resources for neurological disorders 2004 : results of a collaborative study of the w orld health organization and the world federation. by World Health Organization
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Maternal mortality in 2ooo. by World Health Organization
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Estrategia Mundial para la Alimentacin̤ del Lactante y del Niǫ Pequeǫ by World Health Organization
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World Health Statistics 2005 by World Health Organization
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World Health Statistics 2006 by World Health Organization
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The European Health Report 2002 : WHO Regional Publications. European Series No 97. by Europe, World Health Organization Regional Office for
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Handbook IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. by Development, World Health Organization. Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and
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Psychological first aid : facilitator's manual for orienting field workers / by Snider, Leslie, Snider, Leslie, Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2011
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Governance for health equity : taking forward the equity values of Health 2020 in the WHO European Region / by Brown, Chris (Of the World Health Organization), Harrison, Dominic, Burns, Harry, Ziglio, Erio
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Understanding and Using Tuberculosis Data by Organization, World Health
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National cancer control programmes : policies and managerial guidelines.
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State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization. by Organization, World Health
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Innov8 : the Innov8 approach for reviewing national health programmes to leave no one behind : Technical handbook /
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Voluntary Health Insurance in Europe. by A, Sagan
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Voluntary Health Insurance in Europe : Health Policy Series. by A, Sagan
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Lessons for Hospital Autonomy : Implementation in Vietnam from International Experience.
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