Working with the regions WHO Member States are grouped into six
regions. These regions are organizational groupings and, while
they are based on geographical terms, are not synonymous with
geographical areas. Note that the WHO regions are not the same
as those of the United Nations. - WHO African Region - WHO
Region for the Americas - WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region - WHO
European Region - WHO South-East Asia Region - WHO Western
Pacific Region Each WHO region has a regional office. Regional
offices are actively developing and implementing chronic disease
prevention and control strategies in association with country
offices as part of WHO's global response to the prevention and
control of chronic, noncommunicable diseases. The development of
these strategies is at different stages in each region. See
below the websites of regional offices for more information on
strategies.