The World
Health Organisation was Founded on 7 april
1948. 7 april is celebrated as world health day. it is a specialized
agency of the United Nations and have 194 Member countries.
Headquarter
of WHO is in Geneva.
It
consists of three principal organs
1. The world health assembly which is
supreme governing body of WHO.
2. The executive board which implements
decisions and policies of world health assembly.
3. The secretariat which is headed by
the director general of WHO and is the chief technical and administrative
officer of it.
WHO have
6 regions .
1.
South
East Asia which has headquarter in Delhi.
2.
Africa which has headquarter in Harare.
3.
America
which has headquarter in Washington DC
4.
Europe
which has headquarter in Copenhagen.
5.
Eastern
Mediterranean which has headquarter in Alexandria.
6.
Western
Pacific which has headquarter in Manila.
WHO promotes technical cooperation for health
among nations, carries out programmes to control and eradicate disease, and
strives to improve the quality of human life.
WHO has
four main functions:
* to give
worldwide guidance in the field of health
* to set
global standards for health
* to
cooperate with governments in strengthening national health programmes
* to
develop and transfer appropriate health technology, information and standards
Other functions
includes-
1.
Prevention
and control of specific diseases.
2.
Development
of comprehensive health services.
3.
Family
Health
4.
Environmental health
5.
Health
statistics
6.
Biomedical
research
7.
Health
literature and information.
Visit
website who.int for detail about the WHO.
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