Question

With reference to WHO, answer the following questions:

1. Where are the headquarters of WHO located? What methods does WHO adopt to fulfil its objectives?
2. Mention any three functions of WHO.
3. Mention any two achievements of WHO.

Answer 1

1. The headquarters of the World Health Organisation are in Geneva, Switzerland.
   WHO's Objectives:
   WHO's goal is for everyone to have the best possible health. The World Health Organisation's constitution defines health as a condition of complete well-being rather than the absence of sickness or infirmity.
   1. WHO holds seminars and conferences to teach staff the skills required to battle illnesses.
   2. It establishes standards for the potency and purity of drugs, including biological products:
   3. It focuses on treating diarrhoeal infections, which are known to kill newborns and young children.
   4. It produces health magazines such as the 'Bulletin of the World Health Organisation' to raise public health awareness.
2. 1. It assists countries in improving their health systems by developing infrastructure, particularly manpower, institutions, and services for the individual and community.
   2. It provides key medications required for medical treatment. The WHO established a project to immunise children against six main diseases: measles, diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis, polio, and whooping cough.
   3. It encourages research to cure and prevent diseases. For example, it arranged for cancer and heart disease research to be conducted in laboratories across the globe in order to uncover disease-causing organisms, improve vaccines, and train researchers.
3. The WHO's achievements are listed in World Health Statistics (2015).
   1. A 40% reduction in child malnutrition cases worldwide.
   2. Child mortality under the age of five has decreased from 90 to 46 deaths per thousand live births.
   3. Between 2001 and 2013, there were 1.3 million fewer new HIV cases worldwide.
   4. Immunisation coverage exceeds 80%.