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Working for health
An introduction to the
WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Working for health: an introduction to the World Health Organization. 1. World Health Organization. 2. World health. 3. Communicable disease control. 4. Chronic disease - prevention and control. 5. Health services accessibility. I. World Health Organization. ISBN 92 4 156313 5 (NLM classification: WA 530.1)
© World Health Organization 2007 (updated edition) All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; email: bookorders@who.int). Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – should be addressed to WHO Press, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; email: permissions@who.int). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. Photo credits: p.10 and p.18 WHO/Eric Miller, p.14 WHO/Chris de Bode, p.16 (pregnant woman) WHO/Pallava Bagla, p.19 (mother and baby) IFRC/Marko Kokic. Printed in Switzerland
Welcome to the World health organization
Some of the work done by WHO is visible and familiar: the response teams sent to contain outbreaks, the emergency assistance to people affected by disasters, or the mass immunization campaigns that protect the world’s children from killer diseases. Other work is visible because the diseases being addressed – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria – have such a high profile for global health. The work of WHO is
An introduction to the
WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Working for health: an introduction to the World Health Organization. 1. World Health Organization. 2. World health. 3. Communicable disease control. 4. Chronic disease - prevention and control. 5. Health services accessibility. I. World Health Organization. ISBN 92 4 156313 5 (NLM classification: WA 530.1)
© World Health Organization 2007 (updated edition) All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; email: bookorders@who.int). Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – should be addressed to WHO Press, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; email: permissions@who.int). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. Photo credits: p.10 and p.18 WHO/Eric Miller, p.14 WHO/Chris de Bode, p.16 (pregnant woman) WHO/Pallava Bagla, p.19 (mother and baby) IFRC/Marko Kokic. Printed in Switzerland
Welcome to the World health organization
Some of the work done by WHO is visible and familiar: the response teams sent to contain outbreaks, the emergency assistance to people affected by disasters, or the mass immunization campaigns that protect the world’s children from killer diseases. Other work is visible because the diseases being addressed – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria – have such a high profile for global health. The work of WHO is