The World Health Organization (WHO) works to build a healthier future for all people worldwide. Operating through offices in over 150 countries, WHO staff work with governments and partners to promote the highest level of health. They fight diseases like flu, HIV, cancer and heart disease. WHO also works to ensure safety of air, water, food and necessary medicines. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, WHO supports countries' health coordination and objectives. Some areas of focus include health systems, disease prevention across life stages, noncommunicable diseases, communicable diseases, and emergency preparedness. Past successes include eradicating smallpox worldwide by 1980 and nearly eliminating polio from most regions by 2005.

1. Health
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2. WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)

3. IntroductiontoWHO
Their goal is to build a better and healthier future for people all over the
world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work
side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest
attainable level of health for all people.
They also fight help infectious diseases like influenza(flu),HIV,cancer and
heart disease.
They ensure the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the
water they drink – and the medicines and vaccines they need.

4. WheredoesWHOworkin?
They support countries as they coordinate the efforts of multiple sectors of
the government and partners – including bi- and multilaterals, funds and
foundations, civil society organizations and private sector – to attain
their health objectives and support their national health policies and
strategies. WHO headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

5. HowdoesWHOhelpothers?
Health systems
Promoting health through the life-course
Noncommunicable diseases
Communicable diseases
Corporate services
Preparedness, surveillance and response.

6. ThingsWHOhasdone
In 1988, WHO launched a campaign against Poliomyelitis, with the goal of
eradicating the disease by 2005. Once endemic on all continents, Polio is
now confined to Africa and South Asia; the Americas were declared Polio-
free in 1994, followed by the Western Pacific region in 2000 and Europe in
2002.
The aggressive campaign was successful, and the last natural case of
infection by smallpox occurred in 1977. WHO stipulates that after a three-
year period in which no naturally occurring infections occur, an area can
be declared disease-free. WHO officially announced the world smallpox-free
in 1980.

7. Bibliography
Who we are, what we do. (n.d.). Retrieved August 25, 2016, from
http://www.who.int/about/en/
World Health Organization Profile. (2003). Retrieved August 25, 2016, from
http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/healthcare/who.htm