WHO

World Health Organization


WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.

Our goal is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.

For universal health coverage, we:  

  • focus on primary health care to improve access to quality essential services

  • work towards sustainable financing and financial protection

  • improve access to essential medicines and health products

  • train the health workforce and advise on labour policies

  • support people's participation in national health policies

  • improve monitoring, data and information.

 For health emergencies, we:

  • prepare for emergencies by identifying, mitigating and managing risks

  • prevent emergencies and support development of tools necessary during outbreaks

  • detect and respond to acute health emergencies

  • support delivery of essential health services in fragile settings.

 For health and well-being we:

  • address social determinants

  • promote intersectoral approaches for health

  • prioritize health in all policies and healthy settings.

 Through our work, we address:

  • human capital across the life-course

  • noncommunicable diseases prevention

  • mental health promotion

  • climate change in small island developing states

  • antimicrobial resistance

  • elimination and eradication of high-impact communicable diseases.

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