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The
World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency
for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set
out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest
possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as
a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity. WHO is governed by 191 Member States through the World Health Assembly. The Health Assembly is composed of representatives from WHO's Member States. The main tasks of the World Health Assembly are to approve the WHO programme and the budget for the following biennium and to decide major policy questions. Return to Children in the New Millennium |