World Health Organization regional committee system

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World Health Organization governance body governance framework

The World Health Organization regional committee system is the governance framework through which WHO’s six regional offices, including the Regional Office for Africa, collectively shape health policies, strategies, and priorities for their respective regions.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific	3
WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean	2
Regional Committees of the World Health Organization	1
WHO Regional Committee for Africa	1
WHO Regional Committee for Europe	1
WHO regional committees	1
World Health Organization regional system	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Health Organization governance body ⓘ governance framework ⓘ
aimsTo	align regional health priorities with global health agenda ⓘ improve health in WHO regions ⓘ
appliesTo	WHO Regional Office for Africa ⓘ surface form: WHO African Region WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region WHO Regional Office for Europe ⓘ surface form: WHO European Region WHO Regional Office for the Americas ⓘ surface form: WHO Region of the Americas WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia ⓘ surface form: WHO South-East Asia Region WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific ⓘ surface form: WHO Western Pacific Region
basedOn	Constitution of the World Health Organization ⓘ surface form: WHO Constitution
collaboratesWith	Executive Board of the World Health Organization ⓘ surface form: WHO Executive Board
composedOf	representatives of WHO Member States in each region ⓘ
coordinatesWith	national ministries of health in Member States ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	intergovernmental negotiation among Member States ⓘ
establishes	regional health action plans ⓘ regional resolutions and recommendations ⓘ
governs	regional health policies ⓘ regional health priorities ⓘ regional health strategies ⓘ
hasFunction	adopting regional health strategies ⓘ facilitating consultation between WHO and Member States at regional level ⓘ overseeing implementation of WHO programmes in regions ⓘ providing regional guidance to the World Health Assembly ⓘ setting regional health priorities ⓘ shaping regional health policies ⓘ
hasPart	World Health Organization regional committee system self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WHO Regional Committee for Africa WHO Regional Office for Europe ⓘ surface form: WHO Regional Committee for Europe WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia ⓘ surface form: WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia WHO Regional Office for the Americas ⓘ surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Americas World Health Organization regional committee system self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean World Health Organization regional committee system self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific
meetsAtFrequency	annually ⓘ
monitors	regional progress towards global health targets ⓘ
partOf	World Health Organization governance structure ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations agencies ⓘ surface form: United Nations specialized agency system
reportsTo	World Health Assembly ⓘ
scope	disease prevention and control ⓘ health emergencies preparedness and response ⓘ health systems strengthening ⓘ public health ⓘ universal health coverage ⓘ
stakeholder	Director-General of the World Health Organization ⓘ surface form: WHO Director-General World Health Organization Member States ⓘ surface form: WHO Member States WHO regional office network ⓘ surface form: WHO regional offices
supports	implementation of World Health Assembly resolutions at regional level ⓘ
usesLanguage	official languages of the World Health Organization ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pan American Sanitary Conference → affiliation → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Health Organization regional system

Executive Board of the World Health Organization → cooperatesWith → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regional Committees of the World Health Organization

EMRO → governingBody → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

EURO → governingBody → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for Europe

WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific → governingBody → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

WPRO → governingBody → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

World Health Organization regional committee system → hasPart → World Health Organization regional committee system self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for Africa

World Health Organization regional committee system → hasPart → World Health Organization regional committee system self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

World Health Organization regional committee system → hasPart → World Health Organization regional committee system self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

WHO Regional Office for Africa → memberOf → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

World Health Organization Member States → participateIn → World Health Organization regional committee system ⓘ

this entity surface form: WHO regional committees