Definition

 What is global health (International Health)?

 

•          Health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, which may be

influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and which are best addressed by

cooperative actions and solutions (Institute Of Medicine, USA- 1997)

                                                                           STRUCTURE OF WHO

The head office of the WHO is located in Geneva Switzerland. It is governed by three principal bodies .

  World Health Assembly

The WHO is governed by the world health assembly, which is composed of representatives from all 192 member countries. The

main tasks of World Health Assembly includes approval of policies, programs the budget for the following biennium.

 Executive Board

The executive board comprises of 31 professionals and technical experts. Each region has at least three representatives in

executive board. Although the executive board members come from their representative countries, they are technically not

considered as country representatives. A member is selected for three years and every year one-third of the board members retire.

The board meets at least twice a year. Its functions include, implementing the decisions taken at the World Health Assembly. In

event of an emergency, the board can take decisions on its own.

 Secretariat

While the above two bodies are instruments of the democratic process of the WHO, secretariat heads the bureaucratic structure.

Director General is the CEO and heads the secretariat.

                             There are Nine Assistant Director Generals Under the Command of Director General WHO

                 Each Assistant Director General is assisted by Respective Program Directors as Given Below in the Table

Director General            Director             Advisor            Ombudsman            Legal Counsel      Internal Oversight Services       Media and Communication

Assistant Director General

HIV/AIDS,TB and Malaria

           

            Director

           HIV/AIDS

        

              Director 

        StopTB/PartnershipSecretariat

        

              Director

        Roll Back Malaria/

        Partnership Secretariat

          

               Director

          Strategic Planning

    Assistant Director General

    Communicable Diseases

               

                 Director

CD Surveillance and Response

                                

                 Director

CD Control, Prevention and

Eradication

                                   

                 Director

         

         Special   Program for

         Research and Training in

         Tropical Diseases

   Assistant Director General

    Non-Communicable Diseases 

           and Mental Health

                              

                        Director

  Health Promotion, Surveillance Prevention and

Management   of Non-Communicable Diseases

                              

                           Director

          Injuries and Violence Prevention

                               

                              Director

               Nutrition for Health and                          

Development

                              

          and Innovation                                  Director

               Mental Health and Substance Abuse

                               

                                 

                          Director

               Tobacco Free Initiative

Assistant Director General

Sustainable Development and

Healthy Environment

            

             Director

     Protection of the

     Human Environment

           

              Director 

           Food Safety

           

               Director

          MDGs, Health and                  

Development Policy

            

               Director

       Ethics, Trade, Human              

Rights and Law

           

                  Director

                Country Focus

Assistant Director General

Health Technology and              

Pharmaceuticals

      

              Director

  Essentail Drugs and 

  Medicines Policy

            

                 Director

  Essential Health Technologies

 Assistant Director General 

Family and Community Health

            

                    Director

   Child and Maternal Health and                            

Development

 

                    Director

      Child and Adolescent Health 

                    

                      Director

             Reproductive Health

             and Research

                    

                    Director

 Making Pregnancy Safer and Women's                

Health

                      Director

Immunization, Vaccines and Biological

Assistant Director General

Evidence and Information  for

Policy

             

                Director

    Health System Financing

    Expenditure and Resource            

Allocation

          

                Director

     Health System Policy and              

Operations

              

                 Director

Human Resources for Health

           

             Director

Knowledge Management and            

Sharing

Assistant Director General

External Relations and

Governing Bodies

       

             Director

          Governance

             Director

 Government, Civil Society and

     Private Sector Relations

WHO offices at the;

United Nations New York

African Union, Addis Ababa

European Union, Brussels

           Assistant Director General

                General Management

         

                       Director

        Planning, Resource Coordination

        and Performance Monitoring

        

                  Director

        Human Resources Services

        

                  Director 

         Office of the Controller

                   Director

   

      Infrastructure and Logistics Services

                 Director 

       Information Technologies and    

            

               Director

     Measurement and Health      

Information System

          

               Director

         Research Policy &  

Cooperation

Telecommunications

                      Director 

          Global Management System

                     Director

          Security and Staff Services