World Health Organization
UN health agency
The World Health Organization is a United Nations agency that coordinates international public health efforts.
Abbreviated WHO, it sets health standards, monitors disease outbreaks, and leads global responses to epidemics and pandemics: The WHO declared a public health emergency.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
WHO-named 2019 coronavirus
- EbolaFatal hemorrhagic fever virus
- SARSViral pneumonia syndrome
- MERSMiddle Eastern respiratory virus
- H1N1Influenza A subtype
coronavirus · influenza · outbreak · epidemic · pandemic preparedness · emergency declaration · travel advisories · contact tracing
Measures blocking illness onset
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
- nutritionBodily use of food
- healthcare accessAbility to obtain treatment
epidemiology · screening programs · child mortality · tobacco control · obesity prevention · clean water · mortality rates
Organized disease prevention efforts
- vaccine distributionDelivering immunizations to populations
- vaccination campaignsOrganized mass inoculation efforts
- childhood immunizationVaccines given to children
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
vaccine schedule · cold chain · smallpox eradication · vaccine safety
COVID-19
WHO-named 2019 coronavirus
H1N1 · coronavirus · influenza · outbreak · epidemic · pandemic preparedness · emergency declaration · travel advisories · contact tracing · zoonosis
disease prevention
Measures blocking illness onset
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
- nutritionBodily use of food
healthcare access · epidemiology · screening programs · child mortality · tobacco control · obesity prevention · clean water · mortality rates
immunization programs
Organized disease prevention efforts
- vaccine distributionDelivering immunizations to populations
- vaccination campaignsOrganized mass inoculation efforts
- childhood immunizationVaccines given to children
herd immunity · vaccine schedule · cold chain · smallpox eradication · vaccine safety
- UN AgenciesWHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, ILO, IAEA
- global healthdisease, pandemic, medications, pandemics, epidemic
- Global OrganizationsUnited Nations, UN, European Union, EU, NATO
- health organizationshospital, clinic, WHO, CDC, NIH
- UN SystemUnited Nations, UN, General Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat
- Statistics AgenciesABS, CSO, PSA, CBS
World Health OrganizationBig Pharma
Major medication corporations collectively
pharmaceutical industry · tobacco industry · Johnson & Johnson · Pfizer
World Health OrganizationNATO
Western defense organization
World Trade Organization · defense contractors · military-industrial complex
health, organization, worlds, worldly, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly, healthy, healthful