The World Health Organization is the specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. Its constitution was signed in 1946 and entered into force in 1948, when the organization began operating from its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, coordinating disease surveillance, setting health standards and leading international responses to epidemics and pandemics. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Founding YearThe WHO constitution was signed by 61 states in 1946 and entered into force on 7 April 1948, the date the organization treats as its founding. Founding Date Classification
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WHO coordinates the global switch between oral and inactivated polio vaccine strategy as part of eradication policy.
Source CDC MMWR: Introduction of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine and Switch from Trivalent to Bivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine
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The WHO's founding and ongoing core mandate is international disease surveillance and epidemiological coordination.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offic
- Specialist In: Epidemiology
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WHO's Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948, a date we now celebrate every year as World Health Day.
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CDC MMWR: Introduction of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine and Switch from Trivalent to Bivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportAssociated With: Development of the Polio VaccineView the Source Essays About This Entity (1 essay)
A 1,700 Year Old Recipe Won Traditional Chinese Medicine Its Only Nobel Prize
World Health Organization, cited for the 2019 ICD-11 traditional medicine chapter decision
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When did the World Health Organization actually come into existence?
It came into force on 7 April 1948.
Its constitution was signed in 1946, but it took legal effect on 7 April 1948, the date the organization counts as its founding and now marks each year as World Health Day. From 1948 it operated from its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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