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
Health Employment and Economic Growth
An Evidence Base
"An essential read that rightfully places investments in health workforce at the heart of the SDG agenda."
Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
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."
Rehabilitation Surgery for Deformities due to Poliomyelitis
Techniques for the District Hospital
"Extremely useful for doctors in the primary health centres and district hospitals where patients with poliomyelitis initially go."