United Nations agency concerned with international public health
  • WHO
  • who.int
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO
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    World Health Organization
    United Nations agency concerned with international public health
    • WHO
    • who.int
    • World Health Organization (WHO)

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    World Health Organisation headquarters, Geneva, north and west sides 2007.jpg
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    media legend
    North and west side of the WHO headquarters in Geneva (English)
    Sisi utara dan barat ibu pejabat WHO di Geneva (Malay)
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    official name
    World Health Organization (English)
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/en/about
    Organisation mondiale de la Santé (French)
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    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/fr/about
    Organización Mundial de la Salud (Spanish)
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/es/about
    Всемирная организация здравоохранения (Russian)
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    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/ru/about
    منظمة الصحة العالمية (Arabic)
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/ar/about
    世界卫生组织 (Simplified Chinese)
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    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/zh/about
    Светска здравствена организација (Serbian (Cyrillic script))
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    Weltgesundheitsorganisation (German)
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    German Wikipedia
    short name
    OMS (Italian)
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    世卫组织 (Simplified Chinese)
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    世衛組織 (Traditional Chinese)
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    OMS (Spanish)
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    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/es/about
    СУТ (Tajik)
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    ВОЗ (Russian)
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/ru/about
    世衛 (Traditional Chinese)
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    SZO (Slovenian)
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    СЗО (Serbian (Cyrillic script))
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    PSO (Lithuanian)
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    pronunciation audio
    De-Weltgesundheitsorganisation.ogg
    3.0 s; 30 KB
    language of work or name
    German
    audio transcription
    Weltgesundheitsorganisation (German)
    IPA transcription
    ˈvɛltɡəˌzʊnthaɪ̯t͡sʔɔʁɡanizat͡si̯oːn
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    De-WHO.ogg
    1.8 s; 18 KB
    language of work or name
    German
    audio transcription
    WHO (German)
    IPA transcription
    veːhaːˈoː
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    field of work
    public health
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    medical research
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    medical classification
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    funder
    Open Society Foundations
    point in time
    2020
    prize money
    139,700 United States dollar
    award rationale
    to raise awareness regarding the needs of People With Disabilities during the COVID 19 outbreak, to help PWD obtain National ID cards, and to obtain protective gear and hygiene items (English)
    1 reference
    title
    Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    reference URL
    https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2020-72044
    retrieved
    21 January 2025
    Open Society Foundations
    point in time
    2020
    prize money
    242,400 United States dollar
    award rationale
    to support policy advocacy on human rights in mental health (English)
    1 reference
    title
    Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    reference URL
    https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2020-68503
    retrieved
    21 January 2025
    Open Society Foundations
    point in time
    2019
    prize money
    150,000 United States dollar
    award rationale
    to support Community Healing Dialogues to Strengthen Social Cohesion and Coping Among Conflict Affected Populations Including Migrants and Refugees (English)
    1 reference
    title
    Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    reference URL
    https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2019-60233
    retrieved
    21 January 2025
    Open Society Foundations
    point in time
    2017
    prize money
    55,000 United States dollar
    award rationale
    to support charitable and educational activities of Advancing Early Childhood development:from Science to Scale, in the European and Eastern Mediterranean Region (English)
    1 reference
    title
    Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    reference URL
    https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2016-30564
    retrieved
    21 January 2025
    Open Society Foundations
    point in time
    2017
    prize money
    25,000 United States dollar
    award rationale
    Roma Inclusion Newsletter (English)
    1 reference
    title
    Open Society Foundations - Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    reference URL
    https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2017-38086
    retrieved
    21 January 2025
    coordinate location

    Map

    46°14'0.7261"N, 6°8'3.1173"E
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/about/contact-us
    title
    Contact the World Health Organization (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    retrieved
    27 July 2024
    owner of
    MedNet
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    headquarters location
    Geneva
    street address
    Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva (French)
    located in the administrative territorial entity
    canton of Geneva
    country
    Switzerland
    coordinate location

    Map

    46°14'0.72611"N, 6°8'3.11734"E
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    reference URL
    https://www.who.int/about/contact-us
    title
    Contact the World Health Organization (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    retrieved
    27 July 2024
    locator map image
    World Health Organization membership status map.png
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    media legend
    WHO Membership (English)
    Keanggotaan Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (Malay)
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    flag image
    Flag of WHO.svg
    900 × 600; 12 KB
    media legend
    Flag of the World Health Organization (English)
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    has works in the collection
    Het Scheepvaartmuseum
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    subject named as
    World Health Organization
    inventory number
    S.6907 [nr 0021]
    type of reference
    certificate
    publication date
    1950
    title
    International certificate of inoculation en vaccination (Dutch)
    reference URL
    https://n2t.net/ark:/33862/collect/643481
    retrieved
    12 February 2025
    stated in
    Q132230989
    social media followers
    8,791,048
    X numeric user ID
    14499829
    point in time
    5 January 2021
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    5,543,880
    X numeric user ID
    14499829
    point in time
    29 February 2020
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    715,000±999
    YouTube channel ID
    UC07-dOwgza1IguKA86jqxNA
    point in time
    3 July 2021
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    10,480,952
    X numeric user ID
    14499829
    point in time
    8 January 2022
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    799,000±999
    YouTube channel ID
    UC07-dOwgza1IguKA86jqxNA
    point in time
    17 March 2022
    0 references
    12,067,344
    X numeric user ID
    14499829
    point in time
    6 February 2023
    0 references
    844,000±999
    YouTube channel ID
    UC07-dOwgza1IguKA86jqxNA
    point in time
    22 March 2023
    1 reference
    retrieved
    22 March 2023
    stated in
    YouTube API
    1,241
    Mastodon address
    [email protected]
    point in time
    12 February 2024
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    1,247
    Mastodon address
    [email protected]
    point in time
    16 March 2024
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    1,256
    Mastodon address
    [email protected]
    point in time
    11 April 2024
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    890,000±999
    YouTube channel ID
    UC07-dOwgza1IguKA86jqxNA
    point in time
    29 April 2024
    1 reference
    retrieved
    29 April 2024
    stated in
    YouTube API
    936,000±999
    YouTube channel ID
    UC07-dOwgza1IguKA86jqxNA
    point in time
    11 May 2025
    1 reference
    retrieved
    11 May 2025
    stated in
    YouTube API
    Commons gallery
    World Health Organisation
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    Commons category
    United Nations World Health Organization
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    Identifiers

    ISNI
    0000000121633745
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    NORAF ID
    90060772
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    GND ID
    1007857-5
    subject named as
    Weltgesundheitsorganisation
    1 reference
    retrieved
    12 October 2024
    EGAXA ID
    vtls000033974
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    ELNET ID
    a11317954
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    FAST ID
    533203
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    J9U ID
    987007269938905171
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    NL CR AUT ID
    kn20010711442
    subject named as
    Světová zdravotnická organizace
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    xx0065731
    subject named as
    Health Organisation
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    NUKAT ID
    n96611004
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    SELIBR ID
    135819
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    IdRef ID
    026438496
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    MeSH descriptor ID
    D014944
    subject named as
    World Health Organization
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    Al-Jazeera topic ID
    tag/world-health-organization
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/world-health-organization/
    title
    World Health Organization | Today's latest from Al Jazeera (English)
    retrieved
    10 May 2024
    Babelio author ID
    438347
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    159044
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    CALIS ID
    n2019032527
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    CNA topic ID
    who
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/topic/who
    title
    WHO latest news & coverage (English)
    retrieved
    29 March 2021
    DeCS ID
    15342
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    Der Spiegel topic ID
    who
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    Downdetector ID
    who
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    DR topic ID
    who
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    El Moudjahid topic ID
    oms
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    Encyclopædia Universalis ID