World Health Organization

Synonyms:
  • WHO
German: Weltgesundheitsorganisation
Japanese: 世界保健機関

The World Health Organization is an organization attached to the United Nations that is concerned with the health and well being of all people. It provides technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends, sponsors programmes to control outbreaks of infectious diseases and to prevent and treat them, and sets norms and standards.

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