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World Health Organization

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a special group that helps countries work together to solve health problems. It is part of the United Nations. The WHO is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and has offices all over the world.

The WHO was created in 1948 to help everyone stay healthy. It has helped the world in many ways, like stopping smallpox and almost stopping polio. The WHO also helped make a vaccine for Ebola. Today, it works on many health issues, including diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, as well as heart disease, cancer, healthy eating, and substance abuse.

The WHO is led by the World Health Assembly, a group of its 192 member countries. This group chooses leaders, sets goals, and decides the organization’s budget and activities. The WHO gets most of its money from member countries and some from private donors.

The WHO has been very important in fighting big health problems, like the COVID-19 pandemic. It gave advice on how to stay safe and helped with research on vaccines. The WHO works with many countries and groups to help people stay healthy all around the world.

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Three directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Program celebrate the successful eradication of the smallpox virus in 1980.
An official building or office of the World Health Organization in Bangladesh, representing international health work.
An educational graphic about strategies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, including monitoring use, protecting people from smoke, helping people quit, and raising awareness about tobacco dangers.
An official building of the World Health Organization in Bangladesh.
The headquarters building of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The main building of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The grand entrance hall of the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva.
The World Health Organization Executive Board Room, where important health decisions are discussed.
A stairwell inside the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, taken in 1969.
Two men walking in the courtyard of the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, 1969.
A calm reflecting pool with women walking at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, captured in 1969.
Women employees relaxing and enjoying the sun at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, 1969.

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