History Of World Health Organization

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and is a member of the United Nations Development Group.[1] Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations.[2] Establishment During the United Nations Conference on International Organization, references to health had been incorporated into the United Nations Charter at the request of Brazil. It similarly passed a declaration that an international health body would be set up, co-authored by Brazil and China.[3] The Indian politician Jawaharlal Nehru also gave his opinion in favour of starting WHO.[4] In February 1946, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations helped draft the constitution of the new body. The draft constitution began to be signed by representative of 61 countries in June 1946, to come into force when ratified by 26 countries. Until that happened, an Interim Commission of 18 countries would prepare.[5] The use of the word "world", rather than "international", emphasised the truly global nature of what the organization was seeking to achieve.[5] An international sanitary conference was held in Venice in 1892, prompted in part by the spread of Asiatic cholera earlier in that century.[5] The first international organisation to cover this area was the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau in 1902, followed by the Office International d'Hygiène Publique in Paris in 1909. The League of Nations Health Organization was establihsed following the First World War, although it did not subsume other health organisations. These efforts were hampered by the Second World War, during which UNRRA also played a role in international health initiatives.[5] The Office International d'Hygiène Publique was
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