World Health Organization

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intergovernmental organization specialized agency of the United Nations

The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.

Aliases (12)

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization → specialized agency of the United Nations →
abbreviation	WHO →
advocatesFor	access to essential medicines → health equity → primary health care → tobacco control → universal health coverage →
budget	multi-billion US dollar annual budget →
coordinatesWith	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance → Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria → UNICEF → World Bank → World Food Programme → member states of the United Nations → non-governmental organizations → other UN agencies →
declares	Public Health Emergency of International Concern →
defines	International Classification of Diseases → International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health →
fieldOfWork	communicable diseases → disease control → environmental health → epidemiology → global health → health emergency response → health policy → health promotion → health systems strengthening → international health regulations → maternal and child health → mental health → noncommunicable diseases → nutrition → occupational health → pharmaceutical policy → public health → vaccination programs →
foundedBy	United Nations →
fundingSource	assessed contributions from member states → voluntary contributions →
hasMainOrgan	Executive Board → Secretariat → World Health Assembly →
hasMember	194 member states →
hasMotto	Health for all →
hasRegionalOffice	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 →
headquartersCountry	Switzerland →
headquartersLocation	Geneva →
inception	1948-04-07 →
issuesGuideline	disease treatment protocols → global health guidelines → pandemic preparedness guidance → vaccination recommendations →
leaderTitle	Director-General →
legalStatus	UN specialized agency →
managesProgram	Expanded Programme on Immunization → Global Polio Eradication Initiative → Roll Back Malaria → Stop TB Partnership → Tobacco Free Initiative →
missionStatement	attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
organizesEvent	World Health Assembly → World Health Day →
oversees	International Health Regulations (2005) →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
participatedIn	COVID-19 pandemic response → Ebola virus disease outbreak response in West Africa → H1N1 influenza pandemic response →
publishes	Global Health Observatory data → Model List of Essential Medicines → World Health Report → World Health Statistics →
regionServed	worldwide →
respondsTo	disease outbreaks → humanitarian health emergencies → pandemics →
UNRegion	United Nations Development Group →
website	https://www.who.int →

Referenced by (208)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bureau for Global Health (USAID) → Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research → Center for Global Health → Center for Global Health → Centers for Disease Control and Prevention → Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva → Fogarty International Center → Global Drug Facility → International Science Council → Ministry of Health of Chile → National Institute on Drug Abuse → Official Medicines Control Laboratories network → RBM → River Blindness Program → STBP → Secretariat of Health (Mexico) → TB REACH → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency → Ukrainian Ministry of Health →	collaboratesWith
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare → European Medicines Agency → European Medicines Agency → Facilitation Committee → Food and Agriculture Organization → Global Health Security programs → International Maritime Organization → International Olympic movement → International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons → South American Health Council → Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants → Technical Secretariat of the OPCW → United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response → United Nations Population Fund → World Customs Organization → World Food Programme → World Intellectual Property Organization → World Meteorological Congress →	cooperatesWith
AMRO → EMRO → EURO → Executive Board of the World Health Organization → Expanded Programme on Immunization → International Agency for Research on Cancer → TFI → Tobacco Free Initiative ("World Health Organization Department of Noncommunicable Diseases") → WHO Emergency Committee → 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 → WPRO → World Health Assembly →	parentOrganization
Director-General of the World Health Organization → Executive Board (World Health Organization) → Executive Board of the World Health Organization → Secretariat of the World Health Organization → WHO Emergency Committee → WHO IHR contact points → WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia → WHO regional office network → Western Pacific Region → World Health Assembly → World Health Assembly → World Health Organization Member States →	partOf
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control → Fogarty International Center → International Civil Aviation Organization → International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use → Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt → Puerto Rico Department of Health → Robert Koch Institute → Roll Back Malaria → SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre → UNAIDS → United Nations Economic and Social Council →	coordinatesWith
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events → ICD-O → International Classification of Diseases → International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health → World Health Report → World Health Report → World Health Statistics →	publisher
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention → American Cancer Society → GFATM → Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria → International Organization for Migration → Office of United Nations Specialized and Technical Agencies → Stop TB Partnership →	worksWith
Expanded Programme on Immunization → Expanded Programme on Immunization → Global Polio Eradication Initiative → International Agency for Research on Cancer → RBM → Roll Back Malaria →	foundedBy
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic → Global Polio Eradication Initiative → Global Vaccine Action Plan → International Health Regulations → International Health Regulations →	coordinatedBy
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → 2015–2016 Zika virus outbreak → COVID-19 pandemic → Public Health Emergency of International Concern ("WHO Director-General") →	declaredBy
World Health Report ("World Health Organization Secretariat") → World Health Report ("WHO Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems") → World Health Report ("World Health Organization Secretariat") → World Health Statistics ("World Health Organization Department of Data and Analytics") →	producedBy
SOFI → State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World → World Health Report → World Health Statistics →	publishedBy
Christopher Lawford → Gro Harlem Brundtland → Margaret Chan →	employer
ICD-O → International Classification of Diseases → WHO IHR contact points ("World Health Organization headquarters and regional offices") →	maintainedBy
Directing Council of PAHO → University of Geneva ("World Health Organization (through research collaborations)") →	affiliatedWith
AMRO → Margaret Chan →	affiliation
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance → Global Plan to End TB →	coordinatedWith
Global Vaccine Action Plan → International Classification of Diseases →	developedBy
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health → International Classification of Health Interventions →	developer
United Nations Development Group → United Nations agencies →	hasMember
UN → United Nations →	hasSpecializedAgency
Geneva metropolitan area ("World Health Organization headquarters") → Le Grand-Saconnex ("World Health Organization headquarters") →	hosts
ALS → attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder →	isRecognizedBy
TFI → WHO Regional Office for the Americas →	operatedBy
Expanded Programme on Immunization → Tobacco Free Initiative →	operator
Bloomberg Philanthropies → Global Polio Eradication Initiative →	partner
Ebola virus disease → LOINC →	recognizedBy
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → World Health Day →	relatedTo
Advance Market Commitment for pneumococcal vaccines → Guinea Worm Eradication Program →	supportedBy
World Health Organization ("WHO") →	abbreviation
International Health Regulations →	administeredBy
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria →	cofounder
Public Health England →	collaboratedWith
World Health Assembly →	convenedBy
UNMEER →	cooperatedWith
2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo →	declaredOverBy
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic →	declaredPostPandemicPhaseBy
Public Health Emergency of International Concern →	definedBy
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox →	describesOrganization
anxiety disorders →	diagnosticCriteriaFrom
Constitution of the World Health Organization →	establishes
Stop TB Partnership →	formerHostOrganization
International Classification of Health Interventions →	governedBy
United Nations development system →	hasComponent
Clean Water and Sanitation →	hasCustodianAgency
Pacific Islands Forum →	hasObserver
United Nations system →	hasPart
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance →	hasPartner
World Health Statistics →	hasPublisher
Advance Market Commitment for pneumococcal vaccines →	implementedWith
United Nations country teams in Central Africa →	includes
Samoa →	internationalOrganizationMembership
World Health Statistics →	isFlagshipReportOf
Geneva →	isSeatOf
Expanded Programme on Immunization →	leader
Tobacco Free Initiative ("World Health Organization headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland") →	locatedIn
Executive Board of the World Health Organization ("World Health Organization headquarters") →	locatedInOrganization
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (historical origin) ("World Health Organization headquarters") →	locatedNear
House on Fire →	mainSubject
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak →	majorResponseActor
Executive Board (World Health Organization) ("WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland") →	meetsAt
Solomon Islands →	memberOf
COVID-19 pandemic →	monitoredBy
Palais des Nations ("World Health Organization headquarters") →	nearby
Jet d'Eau ("World Health Organization headquarters") →	nearbyInternationalOrganization
IOM Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland ("World Health Organization headquarters") →	nearbyInternationalOrganizations
Lasker Award for Public Service →	notableRecipient
Director-General of the World Health Organization →	officeHeldByHeadOfOrganization
World Health Report →	organization
World Health Day →	organizer
World Health Assembly →	organizesBy
Contagion (2011 film) →	portrays
House on Fire →	portraysOrganization
One Health →	promotedBy
World Health Organization ("Model List of Essential Medicines") →	publishes
HIV/AIDS →	researchedBy
2015–2016 Zika virus outbreak →	responseBy
2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo →	responseSupportedBy
TFI →	sponsor
World Health Day →	sponsoredBy
rVSV-ZEBOV →	sponsorInKeyTrials
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster →	studiedBy
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific →	subOrganizationOf
UN Goodwill Ambassador →	usedBy
Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) →	wouldCooperateWith