Health Organisations

Topic Content:

World Health Organisation (WHO):

Functions:

i. Disease prevention and control on a worldwide scale.

ii. Coordinates activities of national health organization.

iii. Publishes literature on health outbreaks of serious diseases anywhere in the world.

iv. It sets quarantine and inoculation regulations.

v. It prepares international statistics.

vi. Helps in standardization of the quality and dosage of drugs.

vii. Assists in prenatal health care.

viii. Assist in the training of medical personnel.

ix. Controls the distribution of dangerous drugs.