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World Health Organization: A Fact Sheet (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date July 1, 1996
Report Number 95-166
Authors Lois McHugh, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The World Health organization (WHO), established in 1948, is the United Nations system's authority on international public health issues. It assists governments in improving national health services and in establishing worldwide standards for foods, chemicals, and biological and pharmaceutical products. WHO concentrates on preventive rather than curative programs, including efforts to eradicate endemic and other widespread diseases, stabilize population growth, improve nutrition, sanitation, and maternal and child care. WHO is not an operational agency. It works through contracts with other agencies and private voluntary organizations.