World Health Organization (WHO)

 

                                                World Health Organization (WHO)

                                     Author Ayesha Irshad Malik

                 

                    World Health Organization (WHO)

The world health organization is the world’s largest organization that is working and devoted to the improvement of the human’s health. It is currently working for national and international public health. The world health organization is an agency of United Nation. It was founded on 7 April 1948 and had been signed by 63 countries. It’s headquartered in Geneva Switzerland. Its Current director General is Tedros Adhamon. World health organization has 194 members from different countries. World health organization members’ states appoint delegations to world health assembly. The world health Assembly (WHA) is the main and supreme body of world health organization. It appoints the Director- General in every five years and votes on matters of policy and finance of world health organization, including the proposed budget. The Assembly elects 34 members from technically qualified in the field of health. The current chairman of the executive board is Dr.Assad Hafeez.

The world health is financed by contributions from member’s states and outsider donors. As 2012 the largest annual fund contributions came from United States. United States paid almost 110 million dollars annually. Japan is second highest paid country they paid 58 million dollars, Germany 37 million dollars paid for it.

The main objective and aim of the organization is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. The organization works for communicable diseases such as sexual and reproductive health of public. The world health organization is responsible for the worldwide health survey and world health day. World health organization calls for urgent action for fight against dangerous diseases like TB. According to their report a child under 15 dies every 5 second around the world. That’s why the organization primary role is to direct and coordinate with international health, and their main areas of work are health system, health through the life-course, fight against communicable, non-communicable diseases.  World health organization aim to improve equity in health, reduce health risk promote healthy life style. They want to improve knowledge about maintaining good health. It has means reach out to people with information and health promotion. According to recent report world health organization is working against Ebola virus. Ebola disease spreads only by direct contact with the blood or other body fluids of a person who has developed symptoms of the disease.  It spreads through the saliva, mucus, vomit, urine, and semen. Ebola virus is one of the five known viruses, four of five known Ebola viruses.

It is caused the majority of human deaths, and it is primary transmitted between human to animals through body fluids. The world health origination works to prevent Ebola outbreaks by maintaining surveillance for Ebola virus disease and supporting at-risk countries to developed preparedness plans. They are providing complete guidance to control of Ebola virus.

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