Français
2. World Health Organization (WHO)
2.1 WHO's role
WHO is the international directing and coordinating authority on health within the United Nations (194 member states). It is responsible for directing global health action, defining health research agendas, coordinating the use of standards and regulatory criteria, presenting evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and assessing public health trends. It proposes and manages the major regulatory directions to be taken in the healthcare world, and coordinates information networks relating to major epidemics.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a service of the United Nations, working for the humanitarian coordination and benefit of its member countries. WHO's strategy...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
This article is included in
Healthcare technologies
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health-related international standards bodies
Bibliography
Organizations – Associations – Federations (non-exhaustive list)
AFNOR http://www.afnor.org
CEN-Cenelec http://www.cencenelec.eu
ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/
ETSI http://www.etsi.orgEURAS – European Academy for Standardisation http://www.euras.org/
ICES – International...
Annual events
"European Summit on Innovation for active and Healthy Ageing, Brussels.
"E-health testing and showcasing event, Geneva.
"ITU Regional Workshop for Europe and CIS on eHealth development", Odessa, Ukraine (2018).
"24 th ISfTeH International Conference, Lisbon or Luxembourg.
"Health...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
