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World Health Organization


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    • Irgun ha-beriʼut ha-ʻolami
    • Maailman terveysjärjestö
    • Munaẓẓamat al-Ṣiḥḥah al-ʻĀlamīyah
    • O.M.S. (World Health Organization)
    • OMS (World Health Organization)
    • ʻOngkān ʻAnāmai Lōk
    • Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia
    • Organisation mondiale de la santé
    • Organização Mundial da Saude
    • Organização Mundial de Saúde
    • Organización Mundial de la Salud
    • Organizația Mondială a Sănătății
    • Organizzazione mondiale della sanità
    • Sāzmān-i Ṣiḥḥī-i Jahān
    • Segye Pogŏn Kigu
    • Sekai Hoken Kikan
    • Shi jie wei sheng zu zhi
    • Svetska zdravstvena organizacija
    • Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia
    • Tỏ̂ chức y té̂ thé̂ giới
    • U̇mumdu̇ni̐a Săḣii̐i̐ă Tăshkilaty
    • United Nations. World Health Organization
    • VOZ (Vsemirnai︠a︡ organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ zdravookhranenii︠a︡)
    • Vsemirnai︠a︡ organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ zdravookhranenii︠a︡
    • W.H.O. (World Health Organization)
    • Weltgesundheitsorganisation
    • WHO (World Health Organization)
    • World Health Organisation
    • سازمان صحى جهان
    • منظمة الصحة العالمية
    • 世界卫生组织
    • 世界衛生組織
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          • Sources

            • found: The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade directory, c1981:p. 4 (World Health Organisation)
            • found: NLM files, 8/15/86(hdg.: World Health Organization; variants: VOZ; Organizzazione mondiale della sanità)
            • found: I yüan hua yen shih chi pen chi shu shou tsʻe, 1983:t.p. (Shih chieh wei sheng tsu chih)
            • found: Yrbk. of intl. org., 1988/89v. 1, p. 130 (World Health Organization; est. 7/22/46 New York, NY; WHO Interim Commission was simultaneously established; the Interim Commission was superseded 9/1/48)
            • found: Majallat al-khadamāt al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-Iqlīm Sharq al-Baḥr al-Mutawassiṭ, Ādhār 1988:t.p. (Munaẓẓamat al-Ṣiḥḥah al-ʻĀlamīyah)
            • found: Hwanʼgyŏng pojŏn simpʻojium, Che 4-hoe (1992):t.p. (Segye Pogŏn Kigu (WHO))
            • found: Rāingān wičhai rư̄ang phonkrathop thāng ... 1990:t.p. (ʻOngkān ʻAnāmai Lōk)
            • found: Avaliação da estratégia nacional da saúde ... 1993:t.p. (Organização Mundial de saúde)
            • found: Giơi thiệu một só̂ tỏ̂ chức thuộc hệ thó̂ng Liên Hợp Quó̂c hỗ trợ Việt Nam trong công cuộc phát triẻ̂n, 1995:p. 48 (Tỏ̂ chức y té̂ thé̂ giới (WHO))
            • found: The opinions of the decision-makers concerning general practice ... 1994:cover (Maailman terveysjärjestö)
            • found: Kenkyū kaihatsu gyōmu seika hōkokusho "haikibutsu shori ni okeru daiokishin-rui no yokusei oyobi bunkai gijutsu ni kansuru kenkyū". Shiryō hen, 2000:t.p. (Sekai Hoken Kikan (WHO))
            • found: Yaḥid, ḥevrah u-veriʼut, 1987:t.p. (Irgun ha-beriʼut ha-ʻolami)
            • found: Malāriyā, 2003:t.p. (Sāzmān-i Ṣiḥḥī-i Jahān)
            • found: Zapobieganie HIV/AIDS i chorobom przenoszonym drogą płciową, 2004:p. 5 (Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia (WHO))
            • found: Mu̇alijăsi olmai̐an khăstăliklărdă, 1998:title page (U̇mumdu̇ni̐a Săḣii̐i̐ă Tăshkilaty)
            • found: Wikidata, May 30, 2024(official language: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese; Commons category: United Nations World Health Organization; topic's main category: Category:World Health Organization; instance of: specialized agency of the United Nations, open-access publisher, international organization, academic publisher; award received: Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Officer of the Order of the Condor of the Andes; headquarters location: Geneva; official website: https://www.who.int, https://www.who.int/fr, https://www.who.int/es, https://www.who.int/ru, https://www.who.int/zh, https://www.who.int/ar, https://www.who.int/pt; inception: +1948-04-07T00:00:00Z; participant of: The People's Meeting 2016; country: Switzerland, Philippines, Egypt, United States of America, Denmark, India, Republic of the Congo; Commons gallery: World Health Organisation; parent company: United Nations Economic and Social Council, United Nations; manager/director: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; subsidiaries: World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization (France), World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, International Agency for Research on Cancer, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform; on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, WikiProject Zika Corpus, WikiProject COVID-19, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Wikidata: WikiProject Aca
            • found: National Library of Estonia via VIAF, May 30, 2024(identifier: https://viaf.org/viaf/135618969 uri; preferred: Alþjóðaheilbrigðisstofnunin, Maailma Terviseorganisatsioon.; variant: Alþjóðaheilbrigðisstofnunin; Organisation mondiale de la sanité; WHO; WHO (World Health Organization); World Health Organization; OMS.; WHO.; ВОЗ; Maailma Tervishoiu Organisatsioon.; Maailma Tervishoiuorganisatsioon.; Ülemaailmne Tervishoiuorganisatsioon.; Всемирная организация здравоохранения; field of activity: Austurlönd nær, Austur-Evrópa, Greece, Grikkland, Ísland, Afríka, Evrópa, Sambía, Sviss, MONICA rannsókn Alþjóðaheilbrigðisstofnunarinnar, Tsjernobyl, Úkraína, Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy (World Health Organization), Eesti (riik); note: Loodud 1946. a. New Yorgis. Peakorter asub Genfis, Šveitsis.) - http://www.viaf.org/processed/ERRR%7Ca11317954
            • found: Wikipedia, September 12, 2024(The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide; established on April 7, 1948, and formally began its work on September 1, 1948)
            • found: Britannica online, September 12, 2024(World Health Organization (WHO), specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948 to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions)
            • notfound: Report of the International Health Conference, 1947: p. v, etc. (The International Health Conference was convened in June 1946 to establish the World Health Organization)
          • Editorial Notes

            • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]
            • [Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project.]
            • [The following subdivisions have not been used as headings: Divisão de Informação; Public Information Office; Division of Public Information.]
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            • 1979-08-10: new
            • 2024-09-14: revised
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