World Health Organization (WHO)

Organization Mondial de la Santè (OMS)

http://www.who.int/en/
Sede centrale: Ginevra
Sedi Continentali
The World Health Organization 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.
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• 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.
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• WHO's goal is the attainment by all

peoples of the highest possible level of
health
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• LEE Jong-wook was nominated on 28 January 2003 by
the World Health Organization's Executive Board for the
post of Director-General of the agency and elected to the
post on 21 May by the Member States of WHO. The
Director-General is WHO's chief technical and
administrative officer.
• Finalità
- Promozione della salute sia a livello locale, nazionale e
globale
- Globalizzazione e sanità pubblica: nuova sfida per il
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Attività

• Nel controllo delle epidemie

• Nelle emergenze planetarie (azione sanitaria nelle
crisi)
• Nello sviluppo dei sistemi sanitari dei paesi poveri
• Nel coordinamento e sviluppo della ricerca sulle
malattie contagiose, croniche e rare
• Nel fissare le linee guida per i viaggiatori
• Nell’emanare linee guida per il controllo dei rischi da
inquinamento ambientale
• Nella standardizzazione biologica e dei farmaci
• Nello sviluppo dei vaccini preventivi
• Di supporto sanitario ai paesi bisognosi attraverso le
Agenzie WHO Continentali