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World Health Organization
World Health Organization
noun
- an agency of the United Nations, established in 1948 with headquarters in Geneva, responsible for coordinating international health activities, aiding governments in improving health services, etc WHO
World Health Organization
- A specialized agency of the United Nations , established in 1948 and headquartered in Geneva , whose mission is to prevent the international spread of diseases, such as cholera , malaria , and poliomyelitis .
Example Sentences
The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act is considered crucial by its supporters, with climate change fueling an increase in wildfire frequency and firefighting deemed carcinogenic by the World Health Organization.
By July of 2024, the World Health Organization estimated, based on daily emergency medical team reports from January to May, that 22,500 people were in need of acute or long-term rehabilitation for their injuries.
But the World Health Organization, in its most recent abortion care guidelines, says there is still a lack of evidence around disabled people's experiences of accessing abortions and how they are supported to do so.
Rates of myopia are increasing globally, with the World Health Organization estimating that half of the world’s population could have myopia by 2050 in what is already being called an epidemic.
Contemplating COVID-19’s impact five years after the World Health Organization officially declared a global pandemic means measuring all the ways it changed us.
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