ifmsa relationship to the world health organisation
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IFMSA Relationship to the World Health Organisation. … and answers how i t all fits into your work …. World Health Organisation. … directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system ever since its establishment in 1948. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IFMSA Relationship to the World Health Organisation
… and answers how it all fits into your work …
World Health Organisation
… directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system ever since its establishment in 1948. … responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
AMRO/PAHO
AFRO
EURO
EMROSEARO
WPRO
Headquarters
Regional Offices of the WHO
World Health Organisation’s Depts.
• HIV, TB, Malaria • Communicable Diseases• Non-communicable Diseases and Mental
Health• Sustainable Development and Healthy
Environments• Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals• Family and Community Health• Evidence and Information for Policy• General Management
WHO and IFMSA
… IFMSA has been recognized as the international forum for medical students by WHO in 1969, and since then is in a formal relationship to the WHO
(reference: A30/348/3 – February 2008)
Web Resources
About IFMSA / WHO relationiship:http://www.who.int/civilsociety/relations/ngolisteb120.pdf
About WHO meetings:http://www.who.int/gb/http://www.who.int/governance/calendar/2009/en/index.html
About NGO Alliance on Health Promotion:http://www.ngos4healthpromotion.net
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UN Agencies IFMSA collaborates with: UN
www.un.org
WHO www.who.int
UNESCO www.unesco.org
UNFPA www.unfpa.org
UNHCR www.unhcr.org
UNICEF www.unicef.org
UN Programmes we collaborate with:
UNAIDS www.unaids.org
UNIFEM www.unifem.org
UN Agencies we could collaborate
more w/: UN DP
www.undp.org
UNODC www.unodc.org
UNIDO www.unido.org
UNCDF www.uncdf.org
WFP www.wfp.org
World Bank www.worldbank.org
UN Programme we could collaborate with:
UN Voulnteers www.unv.org
UN Agencies sensitized to give to YNGOs
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