Health4ALL initiatives presents Organization of the week
Celebrating Health advocates
The World Health Organization was created in 1948 to coordinate health affairs within the United Nations system. Its initial priorities were malaria, tuberculosis, venereal disease and other communicable diseases, plus women and children's health, nutrition and sanitation.
The WHO has multiple leadership priorities that include providing access to universal health care, preventing communicable diseases and researching factors that affect health. The Organization's purpose is to direct and coordinate health for its signatory nations, provide leadership and determine paths for research
In response to cholera epidemics in 1830 and 1847, which killed tens of thousands in Europe, the first International Sanitary Conference was convened in Paris in 1851. At the time, the cause of cholera was unknown and due to political differences little was accomplished at this or the next several meetings. Nonetheless, the conferences were the first attempt at establishing a mechanism for international cooperation for disease prevention and control.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations. The constitution of the WHO was signed by 61 countries on 22 July 1946, with the first meeting of the World Health Assembly. It incorporated the Office International d'Hygiene Publique and the League of Nations Health Organization.
The WHO played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; as well as the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases such as sexual and reproductive health, development, and aging; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.
The WHO is responsible for the World Health Report, the worldwide World Health Survey, and World Health Day. The current Director-General of the WHO is Tedros Adhanom, who started his five-year term on 1 July 2017.
Member of world health organization includes:
The affiliations appear in the style and the language used by the corresponding member of the Board.
AFRICA. BENIN (2017-2020) ...
AMERICAS. ARGENTINA (2019-2022) ...
SOUTH-EAST ASIA. BANGLADESH (2019-2022) ...
EUROPE. AUSTRIA (2019-2022) ...
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. DJIBOUTI (2018-2021) ...
WESTERN PACIFIC. AUSTRALIA (2018-2021)
WHO has two primary sources of revenue: assessed contributions (set amounts expected to be paid by member-state governments, scaled by income and population) and. voluntary contributions (other funds provided by member states, plus contributions from private organizations and individuals.
Health4ALL initiative celebrate the organization for all the great work done to improve health!
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