WHA

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WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.

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Surface form Occurrences
World Health Assembly 0
WHA/EX 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decision-making body
governing body
plenary organ
recurring event
adopts international health regulations
surface form: International Health Regulations amendments

World Health Organization decisions
World Health Organization programme budget
World Health Organization resolutions
composition delegations from all WHO Member States
convenedBy World Health Organization
country Switzerland
establishedBy Constitution of the World Health Organization
firstSessionYear 1948
governingRules World Health Assembly
surface form: Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly
hasMember WHO Member State delegations
hasObserver intergovernmental organizations
non-Member States
nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO
headquartersLocation Geneva
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
location Palais des Nations
surface form: Palais des Nations, Geneva
mainFunction appoint the Director-General of the World Health Organization
determine the policies of the World Health Organization
review and approve the proposed programme budget of the World Health Organization
supervise the financial policies of the World Health Organization
meetingFrequency annually
organizesBy World Health Organization
parentOrganization World Health Organization
partOf World Health Organization
role supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization
shortName WHA self-linksurface differs
standsFor World Health Assembly
topic antimicrobial resistance
communicable diseases
global health policy
health emergencies
health systems strengthening
maternal and child health
noncommunicable diseases
pandemic preparedness
universal health coverage
typicalStartMonth May
website https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly

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this entity surface form: WHA/EX
WHA shortName WHA self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: World Health Assembly
WHA usesAcronym WHA