- The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations Organization (UNO) which is concerned with international public health.
- It was established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a member of the United Nations Development Group.
- Member countries of the UNO focused on the need for creating an international body to look after the health problems of people of the world.
- This need of having an organization was felt in fields of research on the causes and cures of diseases.
- Combined efforts in this direction were to give better and faster results.
- Poor and developing countries were to benefit quickly.