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World Health Organization

UN public health agency
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French:
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
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1948 - present
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Geneva
Areas Of Involvement:
public health

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Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported • Dec. 20, 2024, 11:17 AM ET (AP)
Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria • Dec. 19, 2024, 12:13 PM ET (AP)
Pakistan begins last anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year after a surge in cases • Dec. 16, 2024, 5:18 AM ET (AP)
Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed • Dec. 11, 2024, 10:51 AM ET (AP)
Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to rely less on imports • Dec. 8, 2024, 11:07 PM ET (AP)

World Health Organization (WHO), specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948 to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions. Although it inherited specific tasks relating to epidemic control, quarantine measures, and drug standardization from the Health Organization of the League of Nations (set up in 1923) and the International Office of Public Health at Paris (established in 1907), WHO was given a broad mandate under its constitution to promote the attainment of “the highest possible level of health” by all peoples. WHO defines health positively as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and ...(100 of 798 words)

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