INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

KEERTI BHUSAN PRADHAN

keerti@aravind.org

Nothing on earth is more International than

Disease

Quarantine-Failed

History and Development

• First International Sanitary Conference (1851)

• Pan American Sanitary Bureau (1902)• Office International D’Hygiene

Publique (1907)• The Health Organisation of the

League of Nations (1923)• The United Nations Relief and

Rehabilitation Administration (1943)

Birth of the WHO

• April 1945

• 7th April 1948-Formal Existance

• World Health Day-7th April

• Specific theme each year

Objective:

The attainment by all peoples of the highest level of health

Work of WHO

1. Constitutional Function: Act as the directing and coordinating authority on all International health work

2. Prevention and Control of specific Diseases

3. Development of Comprehensive Health Services

4. Family Health

5. Environmental Health

• Health Statistics

• Bio-Medical Research

• Health Literature and Information

• Cooperation with Other Organization

Structure

• World Health Assembly

• The Executive Board

• The Secretariat

Regions

• South East Asia-New Delhi• Africa-Harare (Zimbabwe)• The Americas-Washington D C (USA)• Europe-Copenhagen (Denmark)• Eastern Mediterranean-Alexandria (Egypt)• Western Pacific-Manila (Philippines)

SEARO: (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand)

LEE Jong-wookDirector General WHO

Other United Nations Agencies

• UNICEF

• UNDP

• UNFPA

• FAO

• ILO

• WORLD BANK

Bilateral Agencies

• USAID

• SIDA

• DANIDA

Other INGOs

• Rockefeller Foundation

• Ford Foundation

• CARE

• International Red Cross

Websites

• www.who.int

• www.whosea.org

• www.usaid.org

• www.fordfound.org

• www.dfidindia.org

• www.whoindia.org

• www.careindia.org