What are the duties of WHO?
What are the duties of WHO?
user
WHO has a range of primary objectives, including improving health for the people in the member states, through collaborating with them in research and the prevention of disease and the establishment of an essential health infrastructure. We also monitor and assist in emergency response, and collaborate on issues with other UN agencies and partners.
assistant
Any other advice?
user
The World Health Organization has a range of other specialised roles, including ensuring that people are educated on issues like malaria, making vaccines, preventing and controlling disease, and assisting people in developing countries. These all bring people closer to health.
assistant
And does someone own the organization?
user
The World Health Organization is a member of the United Nations, which was formed by 50 member states in 1945. It is owned by the governments of those member states, and the organization is run by a secretariat which helps to run it, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
assistant
Oh, cool. I didn't know that.
user