WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
World Health Organization (WHO) is a
specialized agency of the United Nations (UN), with headquarters in
The services of the agency may be
either advisory or technical. Advisory services include aid in training medical
personnel and in disseminating knowledge of diseases such as influenza,
malaria, smallpox, 
tuberculosis, venereal diseases, and
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS); maternal and child health;
nutrition; population planning; and environmental sanitation. The agency
maintains health-demonstration areas for sustained application of modern
techniques to improve general health conditions and to combat specific diseases
interfering with agricultural productivity and overall economic development.
The technical services include biological standardization and unification of
lists of drugs with directions for use, collection and dissemination of
information on epidemics, special international research projects on parasitic
and viral diseases, and publication of a series of technical and scientific
works. 
The central structure of WHO
includes the policy-making body called the World Health Assembly, which consists
of delegates of all member nations and meets yearly; an executive board of 31
individuals elected by the assembly; and a secretariat, consisting of a
director-general and technical and administrative staff. The agency maintains
regional organizations for
WHO Headquarters in
Aerogramme from
Proof from
Rembrandt’s painting “ Anatomy lesson of Dr.Tulp ”
Marcin Kacprzak, One of the W.H.O founder
