World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health.

Stating the fact of the abbreviation, the full form of WHO is- World Health Organisation. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 22 July 1946 headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

WHO stands for World Health Organization. It is a specialized organization of the United Nations that aims to promote international public health. Its goal is to ensure healthier future for people across the world. It has offices in more than 150 countries and it works in collaboration with governments and other partners to improve the health of the people.

Since its inception, it was actively involved in the eradication of smallpox. At present, it is working to prevent and cure infectious diseases like HIV and influenza and noncommunicable ones like cancer, heart, lungs and kidney problems. It is also concerned with quality of the air, water, medicines, vaccines, etc.

The current Director General of WHO is Tedros Adhanom. He started his five-year term on 1 July 2017. The organization has implemented the World Health Survey (a health statistics and information system). It also regularly produces the World Health Report (WHR) and sponsors the World Health Day; a global health awareness day celebrated on 7 April of every year.

WHO was established on 7 April 1948 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is also the member of the United Nations Development Group. Its first session was held on 4-5 October 1948 in India in the office of the Indian Minister of Health. India is also a member state of the WHO South East Asia Region. As of November 2015, Mr. Henk Bekedam is the WHO Representative to India.