The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that works to promote global public health. It was established in 1948 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. WHO currently has 194 member states and works to attain a level of health that allows people to lead productive lives. It is organized into the World Health Assembly, Executive Board, and Secretariat. The World Health Assembly acts as the legislative and supreme body that sets policies, while the Executive Board implements decisions and the Secretariat carries out WHO's work.

1. Presentation on World Health Organization
Submitted to:- Presenter :-
Mr Bhanu Dixit Oshin Raj
Ramesh Kumar

2. About WHO
 World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that is concerned with
international public health.
 Established on 7 April 1948 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
 WHO is a member of United Nations Development Group.
 WHO has been signed by 63 countries on 7 April1948, and now working with 194 members states, across
6 regions and from more than 150 offices.
 Director-General of the WHO organization from 1 July 2017 is Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

3. History of WHO
 First global health organization, in later half of the 19th century severe cholera epidemics
was occurred. At that time series of International Sanitary Conferences were held in
Europe to coordinate policy and practice around health and disease management.
 The league of nations established a Health Organization in 1920. Immediately after the
World War II in 1945 the UN Conference voted to establish a new international health
organization.
 In 1946, International Health Conference in New York approved the Constitution of the
World Health Organization.
 WHO Constitution came into force in World Health Day 7 April 1948 with 26 members
state.

4. Objectives of WHO
 To develop and implement multi sectorial public policies for health, integrated
gender to facilitate the community empowerment, together with action for health
promotion, self care and health protection.
 Current Objective: To attain a level of health that will permit them to lead a
socially and economically productive life in the whole world.

5. Organizational Structure
 Structure of WHO is divided into 3 sub units:-
• World Health Assembly
• Executive Board
• Secretariat
 World Health Assembly (WHA) is the legislation and
supreme body of WHO.

6. World Health Assembly
 The world health assembly is the supreme decision making body for WHO.
 It elect member state to designate a person to serve for 3 years on executive board.
 For the first time (5th oct 2017), an Indian Doctor Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed as
Deputy DG of WHO.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan

7. Executive Board
 The main functions of the board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the
health assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work.
 The executive board consists of the 34 members technically qualified in the field of
health.
 Members of the board are elected for 3 years.
 The current Chairman of executive board is Dr Assad Hafez.
Dr Assad Hafez

8. Secretariat
 The secretariat of WHO is staffed by some 8000 health and other experts and support
staff on fixed term appointment, working at headquarters in the 6 regional offices.
 There are 5 Assistant Director General and there responsibility is assigned by DG in
different divisions.
 There are 6 regional offices of WHO around the world.

9. Core Function of WHO

10. Mission
 “ To lead strategic collaboration efforts among Member States and other
partners to promote equality in health, to combat disease, and to improve
the quality of, and lengthen, the lives of the all peoples of the world.”

11. WHO’s Work
 Prevention and control of specific disease
 Development of comprehensive health service to improve the family
health.
 Environment health
 Health statistics
 Bio-medical research
 Assembling of health literature and information
 Cooperation with other organizations to get the equilibrium in
improved health status.