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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/contacthq/en/"><strong>Contact us</strong></a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C044_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>What we do</h2> </div> <img class="lazy" data-src="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/tuberculosis.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=139c9c28_6" title="tuberculosis" alt="tuberculosis"/> <div class="content-block"> <div><p>Our primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.</p><p>Our main areas of work are health systems; health through the life-course; noncommunicable and communicable diseases; preparedness, surveillance and response; and corporate services.</p><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/what-we-do/en/"><strong>Priorities and areas of work</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/entity/en/"><strong>Programmes</strong></a><strong></strong></li><li><strong></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/what-we-do/strategic-communications-framework/en/"><strong>Communications</strong></a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C044_Col02" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 3" data-placeholder-label="Column 3"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Where we work</h2> </div> <img class="lazy" data-src="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/bangladesh1-batch2-who-068191.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=8e0c1b12_6" title="bangladesh1_batch2_who_068191" alt="bangladesh1_batch2_who_068191"/> <div class="content-block"> <div><p>We support countries as they coordinate the efforts of governments and partners – including bi- and multilaterals, funds and foundations, civil society organizations and the private sector.</p><p>Working together, we attain health objectives by supporting national health policies and strategies.</p><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/regions/en/"><strong>Regions</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/countries/en/">Countries</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/structure/en/">Structure</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/features/en/">Stories from the field</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/country-cooperation/en/"><strong>Cooperation with countries</strong></a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C050_Col00" class="sf_colsIn container" data-sf-element="Container" data-placeholder-label="Container"><div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C051_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>How we are governed</h2> </div> <img class="lazy" data-src="/images/default-source/world-health-assembly/who-wha69-25may2016-0886.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=c911b8bf_4" title="WHO_WHA69_25MAY2016_0886" alt="WHO_WHA69_25MAY2016_0886"/> <div class="content-block"> <div><p>The World Health Assembly is attended by delegations from all Member States, and determines the policies of the Organization.</p><p>The Executive Board is composed of members technically qualified in health, and gives effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly.</p><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/dg/en/"><strong>Director-General</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/governance/wha/en/">World Health Assembly</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/governance/eb/en/">Executive Board</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://apps.who.int/gb/"><strong>Governing bodies documentation</strong></a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C051_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Who we work with</h2> </div> <img class="lazy" data-src="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/polio-afghanistan2.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=90c1b89f_6" title="polio_afghanistan2" alt="polio_afghanistan2"/> <div class="content-block"> <div><p>Our core function is to direct and coordinate international health work through collaboration.</p><p>WHO partners with countries, the United Nations system, international organisations, civil society, foundations, academia, and research institutions.</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/collaborations/partnerships/en/">Partnerships</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/collaborations/non-state-actors/en/">Non-State actors</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/collaborations/expert_panels/en/"><strong>Expert Advisory Panels and Committe</strong>es</a></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/collaboratingcentres/en/">Collaborating centres</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/iarc/en/"><strong>International Agency for Research on Cancer</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/un-collaboration/en/">United Nations system</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/who-un/en/">WHO Office at United Nations</a></strong><br/></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C051_Col02" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 3" data-placeholder-label="Column 3"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Planning, finance and accountability</h2> </div> <img class="lazy" data-src="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/data-collection-2.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=ea5d74c_6" title="data_collection_2" alt="data_collection_2"/> <div class="content-block"> <div><p>The General Programme of Work sets the framework for the financial resources and expenditures of WHO every five years. </p><p>Our programme budget portal is updated every quarter, and provides a breakdown of our work by categories, programmes and outputs.</p><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/what-we-do/gpw-thirteen-consultation/en/"><strong>General Programme of Work</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/budget/en/">Budget</a></strong></li><li><strong><a class="link_external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/https://extranet.who.int/programmebudget/">Programme budget portal</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/funding/en/">Funding</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/procurement/en/">Procurement</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/accountability/en/">Accountability</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/evaluation/en/">Evaluation</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180619212724/http://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/reports/en/"><strong>Reports</strong></a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C065_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> </div> <div id="PageContent_C065_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-10" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Overview of our work</p> </div> <div class="slick-slider-syncing-container"> <div class="slick-slider slick-slider-syncing slider-for"> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/smallpox.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=ae4d2470_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/smallpox.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=ae4d2470_6');" title="a smallpox" alt="smallpox"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">SMALLPOX - Smallpox, a devastating contagious disease, was declared eradicated in 1980 following a global immunization campaign led by the World Health Organization. It is the only infectious disease to have been eradicated.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/polio-afghanistan.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=3522db64_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/polio-afghanistan.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=3522db64_6');" title="b polio vax afghanistan" alt="polio_afghanistan"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">IMMUNIZATION - The Expanded Programme on Immunization, set up by WHO in the early 1970s, has, in partnership with UNICEF, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and others, brought lifesaving vaccines to millions of children.</p> <p class="author">WHO/R. Akbar</p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/tuberculosis.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=139c9c28_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/tuberculosis.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=139c9c28_6');" title="c tuberculosis" alt="tuberculosis"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">TUBERCULOSIS - Global efforts to combat tuberculosis have saved 53 million lives globally since 2000. This has largely been a result of expanded prevention, diagnosis and treatment.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/malaria1.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=aaa070a3_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/malaria1.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=aaa070a3_6');" title="d malaria1" alt="malaria1"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">MALARIA - Malaria deaths dropped by approximately 60% between 2000 and 2015, as a result of expanded prevention, diagnosis and treatment.</p> <p class="author">WHO/PAHO</p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/water-drinking-boy.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=fcd11803_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/water-drinking-boy.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=fcd11803_6');" title="e water drinking boy" alt="water drinking boy"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">WATER AND SANITATION - Providing access to safe water is key to promoting health and reducing poverty. WHO is committed to preventing transmission of waterborne disease.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/neglected-tropical-diseases.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=420db5fe_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/neglected-tropical-diseases.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=420db5fe_6');" title="f neglected tropical diseases" alt="neglected tropical diseases"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - WHO works with countries and partners to provide care to people affected by neglected tropical diseases. Many of these diseases are being eliminated, with guinea worm on the verge of eradication.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/hiv-consultation.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=475f49fc_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/hiv-consultation.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=475f49fc_6');" title="g HIV consultation" alt="HIV consultation"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">HIV - HIV continues to be a major global public health issue. Yet bold new recommendations for earlier, simpler treatment, combined with efforts to facilitate access to cheaper generic medicines, have helped 21 million people get lifesaving treatment.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/pharmacist-medicines.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=674a43b2_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/pharmacist-medicines.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=674a43b2_6');" title="h pharmacist medicines" alt="pharmacist medicines"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">MEDICINES - WHO’s Essential Medicines List, revised every two years, is a guide for countries on the core medicines that a national health system needs.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/pregnancy-consultation.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=67917c63_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/pregnancy-consultation.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=67917c63_6');" title="i pregnancy consultation" alt="pregnancy consultation"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">PREGNANCY - WHO is committed to improving access to safe, effective, quality and affordable care for all women during pregnancy and childbirth.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/breastfeeding-nurse-and-mother.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=62aaa055_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/breastfeeding-nurse-and-mother.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=62aaa055_6');" title="j breastfeeding nurse and mother" alt="breastfeeding nurse and mother"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">BREASTFEEDING - Breastfeeding is the best way to provide infants with the nutrients that they need. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to the age of six months.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/adolescent-health.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=4256e593_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/adolescent-health.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=4256e593_6');" title="k adolescent health" alt="adolescent health"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">ADOLESCENTS - Road traffic injuries, lower respiratory infections and suicide are the biggest causes of death among adolescents. Most of these deaths can be prevented with good health services, education and social support. </p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/elderly-care.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=3e72ae1b_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/elderly-care.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=3e72ae1b_6');" title="l elderly care" alt="elderly care"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">AGEING - Globally, life expectancy has increased by 25 years since 1950. Healthy older people contribute to society in many positive ways. WHO focuses on helping people continue doing what they enjoy for as long as possible.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/ageing-india-batch2.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=9f0b10eb_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/ageing-india-batch2.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=9f0b10eb_6');" title="m ageing_India_batch2" alt="ageing_India_batch2"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES - Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease now account for 70% of all deaths. Healthy eating, physical exercise and regular health checks are the cornerstones of NCD prevention and control.</p> <p class="author">WHO/Panos Pictures/A. Loke</p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/cancer-exam-russia.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=bc7c2a01_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/cancer-exam-russia.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=bc7c2a01_6');" title="n cancer exam russia" alt="cancer exam russia"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">CANCER - The number of people being diagnosed with cancer is expected to rise by 70% over the next twenty years. Early identification and access to treatment increase the chances of survival and of being able to continue to lead a full life.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/no-tobacco-sign.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=2f43c4b4_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/no-tobacco-sign.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=2f43c4b4_6');" title="o no tobacco sign" alt="no tobacco sign"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">TOBACCO - Tobacco kills more than 7 million people each year. Thanks to WHO and partners, tobacco control measures, such as graphic warnings on cigarette packs, advertising bans and smoke-free laws, protect two-thirds of the world’s population.</p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/diabability-un0121025.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=5b35aba7_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/diabability-un0121025.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=5b35aba7_6');" title="p disabability_UN0121025" alt="diabability_UN0121025"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">DISABILITY - More than a billion people have some form of disability. WHO helps increase awareness of disability issues and to ensure that disability is included in health and development policies and programmes. </p> <p class="author"></p> </div> <div class="counter"> <div class="number-identicator"> <span class="current"></span>/ <span class="total"></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slider-for-item"> <div class="background-image" data-image="/images/default-source/publications/brochure/road-safety.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=7de56999_6" style="background-image: url('/web/20180619212724im_/http://www.who.int/images/default-source/publications/brochure/road-safety.tmb-1920v.jpg?sfvrsn=7de56999_6');" title="q road safety" alt="road safety"> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-container"> <div class="caption"> <p class="description">ROAD SAFETY - Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds. 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