WHO

UN health agency

WHO is the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency responsible for international public health.

It coordinates responses to disease outbreaks, sets health standards, and monitors global health trends: The WHO declared a pandemic. (Lowercase who is the pronoun.)

organization

UN

Multinational peacekeeping body

  • UNICEFGlobal youth relief organization
  • UNESCOCultural arm of UN
  • IAEAU.N. atomic oversight body

WTO · CDC · Geneva · health · global · director-general · guidelines · recommendations · agency · international

outbreak

pandemic

Global disease outbreak

  • epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
  • EbolaFatal hemorrhagic fever virus
  • H1N1Influenza A subtype

SARS · COVID · infection · transmission · quarantine · containment · emergency · alert · response · surveillance

Categories
Opposites
organizational scope

WHOCDC

U.S. public health agency

NHS · NIH · state health department · FDA · Surgeon General

institutional approach

WHOBig Pharma

Major medication corporations collectively

pharmaceutical industry

referent type

WHOwhat

Requesting clarification or repetition

which · where · when · that · how

Phrases
Family

whoever, whose, who's, whom, whomever, whosoever

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G