It is the institution created in 1948 by the United Nations (UN), a few years after its founding, to dedicate itself specifically to work on a large number of elements that are closely related to health in the world.
Its headquarters are located in Geneva - Switzerland, where a UN headquarters is also located.
Its structure is organized from its six regional offices: one for Africa, another for the Americas, another for Southeast Asia, one for Europe, one for the Western Pacific and a sixth for the Eastern Mediterranean.
The WHO's main and structural objective is the provision of the best levels of well-being and health to all the world's populations, regardless of culture, religion or specific name of the society or population that is being talked about.
However, the organization has a certain priority in assisting the least developed countries, since they are home to the highest numbers of diseases and health complications, which undermine the quality of life of their inhabitants.
In this sense, the WHO has been concerned mainly, in facing and trying to eradicate diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), different types of influenza or flu, malaria, diabetes, obesity, among others that have been affect a large part of the world's population.
The World Health Organization is also responsible for important prevention, care and health campaigns in the world. Likewise, it is in charge of the collection of information, for the creation of databases, to make reports and present statistics regarding health in the world, with the collaboration of different nations and professionals in the area, thus being the main representative of this information and resources in the world.
Thanks to this initiative, since 1995, the WHO has published what is now one of its main elements: the Annual Health Report.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is today the main body representing human efforts, together with many nations of the world, in seeking better health and living conditions on a planetary level.
Currently, WHO has 193 member states, which are considered "associated with the organization."
