World Health Organization

-WHO-

Elizabeth Clinch
http://www.financialbuzz.com/the-world-health-organization-in-need-of-help-296248

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We will be covering...
1.WHO History
2.Current Leaders
3.Where WHO Works
4.What WHO Does
a.Video
5.How WHO Works
6.Funding
7.WFOT & WHO
8.Health Definition
9.Five Take Away Points

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History
1920s-League of Nations: The Health Organization
1945-United Nations formed
WHO est.on April 7, 1948
World Health Day

http://www.who.int/about/history/en/

http://www.who.int/features/history/1940_1959/en/

World Health Day 2016

http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2016/posters/en/

Current Leaders
Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan
Regional Director of the Americas Dr. Carissa Etienne

http://www.who.int/about/en/

http://www.who.int/about/en/

http://www.polioeradication.org/tabid/461/iid/190/Default.aspx

Where Who Works

Global headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
6 Regional Offices

147 Country Offices

50% on the ground

http://www.who.int/about/en/

What Does
WHO Do?
http://www.who.int/about/en/

What WHO does: Bringing Health To Life

https://youtu.be/hSYaGCfPrxo

How WHO Works: During an Outbreak

Supporting health outcomes:
Coordination w/ government
and nongovernmental parties
Global Outbreak Alert and
Response Network
Plan of action
Global updates

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/zika-outbreak-4000-suspected-cases-brazil-160203152642446.html

http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/situation-report/24-march-2016/en/

Funding
Assessed Contributions

Voluntary Contributions
WHO Reform

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-who-future/#graphic-who-microsite

Occupational
Therapy & WHO

Foster partnerships
Disability Awareness

Education Initiatives
Healthy Workplaces

http://www.wfot.org/groups/worldhealthorganisationwho.aspx

Health is...
Complete physical, mental,
and social well-being...
Not just absence of disease
or infirmity -WHO Constitution
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Five Take Away Points

1. The Main goal of the WHO is to improve health around
the world while working with the 194 Member States.
2. WHO sets the stage for important healthcare topics
regarding evidence based research.
3. The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is
formed in an area of need when an outbreak occurs to
isolate the virus and provide care.
4. Funding in part by assessed or voluntary
contributions but more so voluntary.
5. WFOT and WHO collaborations spark educational
advancements, foster partnerships & increase
disability awareness globally.

True Or False
1.The majority of WHOs funding comes from Assessed
Contributions not Volunteer Contributions.
2.The Global Outbreak Alert and Response is a WHO Network
that responds to an outbreak within 24 hours.
3.As stated in the OTPF, the WHO defines health as a state
of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
without any signs of disease.
4.A noncommunicable disease is a chronic condition such as
cancer where an example of a communicable disease
or an infectious disease is malaria.
5.World Health Day was formed on the day the World Health
Organization was established: April 7th, 1948.

References
Reuters Investigates. (2016). The WHOs critical challenge: Healing itself. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ health-who-future/
#graphic-who-microsite

World Federation of Occupational Therapists. (2016). WHO. Retrieved from http://www.wfot.org/groups/worldhealthorganisationwho.aspx

World Health Organization. (2016). Coordinated rapid outbreak response. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/csr/alertresponse/rapidresponse/en/

WHO. (2016). How WHO works in countries. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/country-cooperation/how-who-works/en/

WHO. (2016). Leadership priorities. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/about/resources_planning/WHO_GPW12_leadership_priorities.pdf?ua=1

WHO. (2016). WHO historical collection. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/library/collections/historical/en/index3.html

Questions?
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