WHO

How it is used

WHO sets global norms and guidelines, coordinates the response to health emergencies and publishes data and fact sheets used everywhere in public health. Its decision-making body is the World Health Assembly. It has six regional offices; Türkiye is in the European Region.

Example sentences

1. The figures come from the latest WHO report on tuberculosis.

2. Our ministry is working with WHO on a national plan for antimicrobial resistance.

Common collocations

• WHO guidelines
• WHO recommendations
• WHO member states
• WHO regional office
• WHO fact sheet

Related terms

• International Health RegulationsA legally binding international agreement that sets out how countries and WHO must detect, report and respond to public health risks that may spread across borders.
• public health emergency of international concernAn extraordinary event that WHO formally declares because it is a public health risk to other countries through international spread and may need a coordinated international response.
• universal health coverageA situation in which everyone can use the good-quality health services they need, from prevention to treatment and care, without suffering financial hardship.
• CDCShort for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national public health agency of the United States, based in Atlanta.
• Sustainable Development GoalsSeventeen global goals adopted by all UN member states in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives by 2030; Goal 3 is about health and well-being.

More terms: Global Health and Health Systems

• public health
• noncommunicable disease
• primary health care
• health system
• antimicrobial resistance
• low- and middle-income countries