HEALTH AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

1. Health
Slides Done by: Solomon Ding, Kenny Khoo, Edison Lee, Gabriel Lee and Lionel
Neo

2. WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)

3. IntroductiontoWHO
Our goal is to build a better, 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.
Together we strive to combat diseases – infectious diseases like influenza
and HIV and noncommunicable ones like cancer and heart disease. We help
mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a
healthy old age. We 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