What is World Healthcare Organization?
"WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends."
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History of World Healthcare Organization?
"When diplomats met to form the United Nations in 1945, one of the things they discussed was setting up a global health organization. WHO’s Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 – a date we now celebrate every year as World Health Day"
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What has World Healthcare Organization done?
"WHO has played a very pivotal role in setting health policies, as well as providing technical cooperation to its member states. Life expectancy rose from 48 years in 1955 to 69 years in1985. ...the infant mortality rate fell from 148 per 1000 live births to below 59 per 1000. Population growth has been slowed dramatically .... Smallpox, the ancient scourge, has disappeared. ...control of lice-borne typhus and yaws. Polio and guinea worms are on the verge of total elimination. A number of other communicable and tropical diseases, ... are in retreat. With universal salt iodization in place, the prospect of virtually eliminating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the major cause for brain damage among young children, is also in sight."
What is United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund?
"UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young. "
"UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. "
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History of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund? Read more from Timeline.
"In 1953, UNICEF becomes permanent part of the UN.
The UN General Assembly extends UNICEF’s mandate indefinitely. UNICEF begins a successful global campaign against yaws, a disfiguring disease affecting millions of children, and one that can be cured with penicillin."
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What has United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund done?
"One area in which UNICEF has made great strides to help children is in the prevention of disease. Each year worldwide, millions of children die of preventable illnesses such as malaria, cholera, pneumonia and the measles. The organization has worked to provide children with vaccines against many illnesses. It has also helped to provide communities with safe drinking water."
"UNICEF has worked not only to improve the education of women and girls, but also to educate boys and men on the importance of gender equality and empowering women to make household decisions. By helping to educate women and reduce gender discrimination, the organization has been able to help children, since women are their primary caregivers."
How to support United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund?
So, above are the information about WHO and UNICEF that I've taken from many sources (linked). Why am I even doing this? I am working on a project that I am very concerned with - Healthcare. The information above gives me an overview of what people around the world are doing right now, and what I can do to help them.
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