Company Profile

The World Health Organization began when our Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 – a date we now celebrate every year as World Health Day. We are now more than 7000 people from more than 150 countries working in 150 country offices, in 6 regional offices and at our headquarters in Geneva.

Mission of WHO

* 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
* Assessing health trends