World Health Organisation
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- Created on: 03-04-17 12:01
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- WHO (world health organisation)
- Monitors the health status of developing countries
- Provides emergency assistance to people who have undergone a distaste e.g. flood
- Combats disease e.g. organising a vaccination programme for malaria
- Provides stats on the spread of disease globally e.g. AIDS
- Co-ordinates health promotion activities globally e.g eating more fruit and veg worldwide
- Provides information? raises awareness on global health risks e.g. SARs & how to avoid it
- Produces policies on health that governments can share
- Conducts & funds research e.g. health effects of mobile phone usage
- Recommends on health behaviour e.g. sugar no more that 10% of a healthy diet
- Sets standards for production e.g food or medicine
- Monitors the status of developing countries
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