World Health Organization

WHO is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Featured Reviews

"An essential read that rightfully places investments in health workforce at the heart of the SDG agenda."

Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet

World Health ReportsSeries

The World Health Report 2002

Reducing Risks to Health, Promoting Healthy Life

"The world is living dangerously - either because it has little choice or because it is making the wrong choices."

"Extremely useful for doctors in the primary health centres and district hospitals where patients with poliomyelitis initially go."