World Health Organization

World Health Organization was set up by United Nations in 1948, with an objective to provide health services world wide. This service includes health awareness programs against Family Planning, HIV, Epilepsy, and other major diseases, distribution of free medicines among the poor section of the society, and so on. According to WHO, ‘health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’

Members

WHO is governed by 193 Member States through the World Health Assembly. The Assembly supports WHO’s programs, and budgets. Any member country of United Nations may become member of WHO simultaneously by accepting its Constitution. Other countries can join WHO, when their applications are approved by a simple majority vote of the World Health Assembly.

Health topics covers by World Health Organization (Few)

• Child development
• Child health
• Childbirth
• Child abuse
• Child labor
• AIDS
• HIV infections
• Asthma
• Arsenic
• Avian influenza
• Accidents, Radiation
• Acupuncture
• Ageing
• Drug resistance
• Epilepsy

	Environment and Public Health Organization
World health organization (WHO)	The Pan American Health Organization
UNESCO	Public health services