WHO regional office network

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World Health Organization structure organizational network

The WHO regional office network is a system of geographically distributed World Health Organization offices that coordinate and implement public health policies and programs across different regions of the world.

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WHO regional offices 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Health Organization structure ⓘ
organizational network ⓘ
alignsWith international health regulations ⓘ
surface form: International Health Regulations

Constitution of the World Health Organization ⓘ
surface form: WHO Constitution
collaboratesWith United Nations agencies ⓘ
academic institutions ⓘ
national ministries of health ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ
coordinatedBy Director-General of the World Health Organization ⓘ
surface form: WHO Director-General
coordinates regional disease surveillance ⓘ
regional health emergency responses ⓘ
coversRegion Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
surface form: South-East Asia

Western Pacific Region ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific
develops region-specific health policies ⓘ
focusesOn disease prevention ⓘ
emergency preparedness and response ⓘ
health promotion ⓘ
health systems strengthening ⓘ
public health ⓘ
governedBy World Health Assembly ⓘ
hasComponent WHO Regional Office for Africa ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for Europe ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Americas ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific ⓘ
hasPurpose coordinate public health policies across regions ⓘ
implement WHO programs at regional level ⓘ
support member states in health policy ⓘ
hasScope international public health ⓘ
implements WHO global health strategies at regional level ⓘ
World Health Assembly resolutions at regional level ⓘ
partOf World Health Organization ⓘ
provides capacity building in health ⓘ
regional health data and analysis ⓘ
technical assistance to countries ⓘ
reportsTo World Health Assembly ⓘ
surface form: World Health Assembly through WHO Executive Board
supportsEntity WHO member states ⓘ
supportsImplementationOf Sustainable Development Goals related to health ⓘ
Universal Health Coverage policies ⓘ
typeOf decentralized governance structure ⓘ
usesLanguage United Nations official languages ⓘ

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EMRO → partOf → WHO regional office network ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Americas → partOf → WHO regional office network ⓘ
this entity surface form: WHO regional offices