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World Health Organization

The headquarters in [[Geneva]] was designed by [[Jean Tschumi]] and inaugurated in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/about-us/modernizing-who-headquarters.pdf|title=Modernizing the WHO headquarters in Geneva|access-date=5 January 2023|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115111613/https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/about-us/modernizing-who-headquarters.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level.

The WHO's purpose is to achieve the highest possible level of health for all the world's people, defining health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The main functions of the World Health Organization include promoting the control of epidemic and endemic diseases; providing and improving the teaching and training in public health, the medical treatment of disease, and related matters; and promoting the establishment of international standards for biological products.

The WHO was established on 7 April 1948, and formally began its work on 1 September 1948. It incorporated the assets, personnel, and duties of the League of Nations' Health Organization and the Paris-based , including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The agency's work began in earnest in 1951 after a significant infusion of financial and technical resources.

The WHO's official mandate is to promote health and safety while helping the vulnerable worldwide. It provides technical assistance to countries, sets international health standards, collects data on global health issues, and serves as a forum for scientific or policy discussions related to health. Its official publication, the ''World Health Report'', provides assessments of worldwide health topics.

The WHO has played a leading role in several public health achievements, most notably the eradication of smallpox, the near-eradication of polio, and the development of an Ebola vaccine. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer; healthy diet, nutrition, and food security; occupational health; and substance abuse. The agency advocates for universal health care coverage, engagement with the monitoring of public health risks, coordinating responses to health emergencies, and promoting health and well-being generally.

The WHO is governed by the World Health Assembly (WHA), which is composed of its 194 member states. The WHA elects and advises an executive board made up of 34 health specialists; selects the WHO's chief administrator, the director-general (currently Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia); sets goals and priorities; and approves the budget and activities. The WHO is funded primarily by contributions from member states (both assessed and voluntary), followed by private donors. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Published 2023
    “…. -- 'Female' sport and testosterone panic / Travers -- Competitive fairness or inclusion : balancing governance and human rights law / Lauren McCoy Coffey -- Examining world rugby's transgender ban and the perspectives of cisgender women who play rugby in England, Canada and Australia / Richard Pringle and Erik Denison -- Something old, something new : biofeminist resistance to trans inclusion in sport / Madeleine Pape -- 'This bill is about fairness' : an argument against the prioritization of competitive fairness at the expense of justice in US school sport / Colleen English and Lindsay Parks Pieper -- Mediated moral panics : trans athlete spectres, the haunting of cisgender girls and politicians as moral entrepreneurs in 2021 / Anna Baeth and Anna Goorevich -- 'We're missing that humanity' : a feminist media analysis of Laurel Hubbard and the Tokyo Olympic games / Monica Nelson, Shannon Scovel and Holly Thorpe -- Conclusion : challenges, struggles and the way forward / Ali Durham Greey and Helen Jefferson Lenskyj…”
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    “…. -- "Bidiishkaal": putting forth effort / Aresta Tsosie-Paddock (Dine) -- Mentorship -- Who's watching the boy? Creator's watching him / Michael Lerma (Purehpecha) -- Warrior / Ferlin Clark (Dine) -- Transfer of knowledge / Tarissa Spoonhunter (Arapaho/Blackfeet) -- Service and giving back -- Keep pluggin' so new generations have strong shoulders to stand on /…”
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    “…. -- "Bidiishkaal": putting forth effort / Aresta Tsosie-Paddock (Dine) -- Mentorship -- Who's watching the boy? Creator's watching him / Michael Lerma (Purehpecha) -- Warrior / Ferlin Clark (Dine) -- Transfer of knowledge / Tarissa Spoonhunter (Arapaho/Blackfeet) -- Service and giving back -- Keep pluggin' so new generations have strong shoulders to stand on /…”
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    by Organization, World Health
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    “…NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Risk Management of Terrorism Induced Stress - Guidelines for the Golden Hours (Who, What and When) Odesa, Ukraine)…”
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    Published 2020
    “…NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Risk Management of Terrorism Induced Stress - Guidelines for the Golden Hours (Who, What and When) Odesa, Ukraine)…”
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    by Organization, World Health
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