- World Health Organization, or WHO, is the international agency within

the United Nations' system that is responsible for the health.



- WHO experts produce health guidelines and standards, and help

countries to address public issues. WHO also supports and promotes

health research.



- Through WHO, goverments can jontly tackle global health problems and

improve people's well-being.



Our priorities :



- Enhancing global health security



- perventing chronic disease



- Achieving the health-related Millennium DEvelopment Goals(MDGs)



- Working towards health care for everyone



About WHO :



WHO is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was

established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its

Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible

level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of

complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the

absence of disease or infirmity. WHO is governed by 192 Member States

through the World Health Assembly. The Health Assembly is composed of

representatives from WHO's Member States. The main tasks of the World

Health Assembly are to approve the WHO programme and the budget for the

following biennium and to decide major policy questions.



OBJECTIVE :



The objective of the World Health Organization shall be the attainment

by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.



FUNCTIONS :



In order to achieve its objective, the functions of the Organization

shall be:



- to act as the directing and co-ordinating authority on international

health work;



- to establish and maintain effective collaboration with the United

Nations, specialized agencies, governmental health administrations,

professional groups and such other organizations as may be deemed

appropriate;



- to assist Governments, upon request, in strengthening health services;



- to furnish appropriate technical assistance and, in emergencies,

necessary aid upon the request or acceptance of Governments;



- to provide or assist in providing, upon the request of the United

Nations, health services and facilities to special groups, such as the

peoples of trust territories;



- to establish and maintain such administrative and technical services

as may be required, including epidemiological and statistical services;



- to stimulate and advance work to eradicate epidemic, endemic and

other diseases;



- to promote, in co-operation with other specialized agencies where

necessary, the prevention of accidental injuries;



- to promote, in co-operation with other specialized agencies where

necessary, the improvement of nutrition, housing, sanitation,

recreation, economic or working conditions and other aspects of

environmental hygiene;



- to promote co-operation among scientific and professional groups

which contribute to the advancement of health;



- to propose conventions, agreements and regulations, and make

recommendations with respect to international health matters and to

perform such duties as may be assigned thereby to the Organization and

are consistent

with its objective;



- to promote maternal and child health and welfare and to foster the

ability to live harmoniously in a changing total environment;



- to foster activities in the field of mental health, especially those

affecting the harmony of human relations;



- to promote and conduct research in the field of health;



- to promote improved standards of teaching and training in the health,

medical and related professions;



- to study and report on, in co-operation with other specialized

agencies where necessary, administrative and social techniques affecting

public health and medical care from preventive and curative points of

view, including hospital services and social security;



- to provide information, counsel and assistance in the field of health;



- to assist in developing an informed public opinion among all peoples

on matters of health;



- to establish and revise as necessary international nomenclatures of

diseases, of causes of death and of public health practices;



- to standardize diagnostic procedures as necessary;



- to develop, establish and promote international standards with

respect to food, biological, pharmaceutical and similar products;



- generally to take all necessary action to attain the objective of the

Organization.