{"id":117582,"date":"2021-07-09T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=117582"},"modified":"2021-08-19T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:42:15","slug":"world-health-organization-who","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/world-health-organization-who\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Organization (WHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About WHO:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Health Organization (WHO), is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948.\u00a0 WHO is the first global health organization established in 1948, replacing many regional and national health bodies. Its primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Headquarters:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Geneva, Switzerland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member Countries:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0All Member countries of the United Nations may become members of WHO by accepting its Constitution. Other countries may be admitted as members when their application has been approved by a simple majority vote of the World Health Assembly. 194 Members of WHO are grouped according to 6 regions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has the authority of directing and coordinating matters related to international health.<\/li>\n<li>World Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of WHO, attended by delegations from all member states.<\/li>\n<li>The Executive Board of WHO implements the decisions and policies of the World Health Assembly.<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The US is currently the biggest financial contributor to the WHO, and has been its active member for many decades.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aim:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It aims to enhance international cooperation for improved<strong>\u00a0public health conditions<\/strong>.\u00a0 Each year WHO celebrates its date of establishment, April 7, 1948, as World Health Day.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Functions:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Its specific tasks include epidemic control, quarantine measures, and drug standardization.\u00a0\u00a0 WHO promotes the attainment of \u201cthe highest possible level of health\u201d by all\u00a0people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Definition of Health by WHO:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0WHO defines health positively as \u201ca state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Health Assembly:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed\u00a0programme\u00a0budget.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports Published:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Health Report<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global Nutrition Report<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Vision Report<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ambient Air Pollution Report<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Report on Hearing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About WHO:\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO), is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948.\u00a0 WHO is the first global health organization established in 1948, replacing many regional and national health bodies. Its primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system Headquarters:\u00a0Geneva, Switzerland.\u00a0 Member Countries:\u00a0All Member countries&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/world-health-organization-who\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World Health Organization (WHO)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10314,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117582","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}