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It is proposed that the United Nations system in support of global health work indicates that with what could be misleading. Unlike the UN family, many members are engaged in this important work.UNFPA) in the reproductive, adolescent and maternal health support, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) health related activities.
United Nations, since its inception, has been to promote and protect good health throughout the world are actively involved. Within the United Nations system efforts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948. At the beginning, it is decided who will be the top priority malaria, women and child health, tuberculosis, venereal disease, nutrition and environmental sanitation. Many of them are on the agenda today, WHO HIV / AIDS as a disease, in addition to such relatively new.

In 1948, diseases, and epidemiological and clinical purposes has become the international standard international classification which has taken responsibility for. Between 1952 and 1964, the global prevalence of yaws was less effort - serious and disfiguring disease that affects 50 million people in 1950 - more than 95 per cent is from. Between 1967 and 1979, smallpox eradication efforts is due - the only time a major infectious disease is completely eliminated. Global Polio Eradication Initiative since its was launched in 1988, by 2006 the number of cases by more than 99 percent were less than - less than 2,000 per year from 350,000.

WHO staff on the ground in 147 countries around the world are working. The technical advice on matters of health and health ministries in the area of ​​prevention, treatment and care and support services. The six regional offices and coordinate support efforts, while international policies on HIV / AIDS in their own particular deserve special attention needs - sub-Saharan Africa, where the epidemic through heterosexual sex I spread widely, for example, as compared to Eastern Europe, where injecting drug use is the main source of transmission.

In short, the global spectrum of health care intervention, crisis intervention and emergency humanitarian response covering all sectors, International Health Regulations, which countries to prevent the spread of disease outbreak detection must follow established, chronic disease prevention, and health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are working to achieve.
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In addition, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN agency working The members of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the World Bank, among others, the World Health plays an important role in promoting.

Decades now precision is celebrated internationally as announced by the General Assembly, the decade Back Malaria in developing countries, especially Africa (2001-2010) and the international decade for action In the role, including, "water for life" (22 March 2005).

Annual international health-related observances proclaimed by the General Assembly, World Water Day (22 March), World Autism Awareness Day (April 2), World Health Day (7 April), the day tobacco (31 May) include, drug abuse and illicit trafficking (26 June) is the International Day against. World Mental Health Day (10 October), World Diabetes Day (14 November) and World AIDS Day (1 December).