World health organisation.pdf

This ppt contains all the information about World Health Organization (WHO). It is useful for students of the medical field learning Preventive and social medicine, Swasthavritta (Ayurved) and everyone who is interested in in knowing about it

1. Dr. Shubhangi S. Kshirsagar
Assistant professor
Department of Swasthavritta & Yoga

2. World health organization
TheWorldHealthOrganizationisa
specialized,nonpolitical,healthagencyofthe
UnitedNations.
Headquarter-Geneva.
Establishedon7thApril1948,whichis
celebratedeveryyearas"WorldHealthDay".
AWorldHealthdaythemeischoseneachyear
tofocusattentiononaspecificaspectofpublic
health.
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3. Objective-"theattainmentbyall
people'softhehighestlevelofhealth"
ThepreambleoftheConstitutionstates-
"Healthisastateofcompletephysical,
mentalandsocialwell-beingandnot
merelytheabsenceofdiseaseorinfirmity
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4. Membership
Membership in WHO is open to all countries.
Each member state contributes yearly to the
budget and each is entitled to the services and
aid the organization
can provide.
In 1948, the WHO had 56 Members. WHO
now has 194 member states and two associate
members .
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5. Organizational structure of WHO
The WHO consists of three principal organs –
1.The World Health Assembly
2.The Executive Board
3.The Secretariat
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6. 1.The World Health Assembly
Thisisthe"HealthParliament"ofNationsand
thesupremegoverningbodyofthe
organization.
Itmeetsannually,usuallyinMayandgenerally
attheheadquartersinGeneva.
TheAssemblyiscomposedofdelegates
representingMemberStates(194)
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7. Functions of the Health Assembly are–
1.Todetermineinternationalhealthpolicy
andprogramme.
2.Toreviewtheworkofthepastyear.
3.Toapprovethebudgetneededforthe
followingyear.
4.ToelectMemberStatestodesignatea
persontoserveforthreeyearsonthe
ExecutiveBoard,andtoreplacetheretiring
members.
5.TheHealthAssemblyalsoappointsthe
DirectorGeneralonthenominationofthe
ExecutiveBoard.
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8. 2. The Executive Board
Now the board has 34 members.
They are composed of technically qualified persons
in the field of health.
One-third of the members are renewed every year.
The Executive Board meets at least twice a year,
generally in January and shortly after the meeting of
the World Health Assembly in May.
The main work of the Board is to give effect to the
decisions and policies of the Assembly.
The Board also has power to take action itself in an
emergency, such as epidemics, earthquakes and
floods where immediate action is needed.
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9. The secretariat is headed by the Director General
who is the chief technical and administrative
officer of the Organization.
Function of WHO secretariat –To provide
Member States with technical and managerial
support for their national health development
programmes.
3. The Secretariat
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10. Work of WHO
1.Prevention and Control of specific Diseases
2.Development of Comprehensive Health
Services
3.Family Health
4.Environmental Health
5.Health Statistics
6.Bio-Medical Research
7.Health Literature and Information
8.Cooperation with Other Organization
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11. 1. Prevention and Control of specific diseases
Communicable diseases ex. Smallpox
eradication.
Epidemiological surveillance of communicable
diseases.
Paid attention on programme of NCDs.
Immunization –EPI –priority programme
Other activities –
Vector control & biology
Immunology
Quality control of drugs and biological products
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12. 2. Development of Comprehensive Health Services
Topromoteandsupportnationalhealthpolicy
development and development of
comprehensivenationalhealthprogramme.
Appropriatetechnologyforhealth(ATH)–to
encourageselfsufficiencyinsolvinghealth
problems.
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13. 3. Family Health
Major programmeactivities since 1970 are
MCH care
Human reproduction
Nutrition
Health education
Improvement of quality of life of the family.
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14. 4. Environmental health
WHO advises government on national programme
for provision of basic sanitary service.
Activities are directed to protection of -
Quality of air , water, food
Health condition of work
Radiation protection
Early identification of new hazards
“WHOenvironmenthealthcriteriaprogramme”
and“WHO environmenthealthMonitoring
programme”aredevelopedtoimprove
enviromnmentalhealth.
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15. 5. Health statistics
WHOpublishes“Internationalclassificationof
disease”(ICD)-whichisupdatedevery10
th
year.
Assistanceisgiventocountriesforimprovementof
medicalrecordandplanning&operatingnational
healthinformationsystem.
WHOalsopublishesthefollowingdata
Weeklyepidemiologicalrecord
Worldhealthstatisticsquarterly
Worldhealthstatisticsannually
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16. 6. Bio-medical research
Stimulateandco-operateresearchwork.
Sixtropicaldiseases(malaria,schistosomiasis,
trypanosomiasis,filariasis,leishmaniasis,leprosy)
arethetargetoftheWHOSpecialProgrammefor
ResearchandTraininginTropicalDiseasesto
developnewtools,strengthenresearchinstitutions
andtrainingworkersinthecountriesaffected.
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17. 7. Health literature and information
The WHO act as clearing house for information
on health problems.
The WHO library is one of the satellite center
of Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieved
System (MEDLARS).
The WHO has a Public information service at
headquarters and regional offices.
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18. 8. Co-operation with other organizations
WHO collaboratesUNandothespecialized
agenciesandmaintainvariousdegreeofworking
relationshipwithnumberofinternational
governmentorganizations.
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19. WHO Regional Organizations
Sr.
No.
Region Headquarters
1.South East AsiaNew Delhi (India)
2.Africa BrazzavileCongo
3.TheAmericans WashingtonD.C. (U.S.A.)
4.Europe Copenhegan(Denmark)
5.Eastern
Mediterranean
Alexandria( Egypt)
6.Western PacificManila ( Philippines)
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20. Thank you !