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World Health Organization
"The
World Health Organization, the United
Nations specialized agency for health,
was established on 7 April 1948.
WHO's objective, as set out
in its Constitution, is the attainment
by all peoples of the highest possible
level of health. Health is defined
in WHO's Constitution as a state
of complete physical, mental and
social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity.
WHO is governed
by 192 Member States through the
World Health Assembly. The Health
Assembly is composed of representatives
from WHO's Member States. The main
tasks of the World Health Assembly
are to approve the WHO programme
and the budget for the following
biennium and to decide major policy
questions."
WHO's scientific
publications are widely recognized
as a reference source."
The WHO
has a number of regional offices
which adress the specific issues
of those regions.
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