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The organization develops and promotes the use of evidence-based tools, norms and standards to support member states to inform health policy options.

It oversees the implementation of the International Health Regulations, and publishes a series of medical classifications ; of these, three are overreaching " reference classifications ": the International Statistical Classification of Diseases ( ICD ), the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ( ICF ) and the International Classification of Health Interventions ( ICHI ).

Other international policy frameworks produced by WHO include the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes ( adopted in 1981 ), Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ( adopted in 2003 ) and the Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel ( adopted in 2010 ).

The WHO regularly publishes a World Health Report, its leading publication, including an expert assessment of a specific global health topic.

Other publications of WHO include the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal ( overseen by EMRO ), the Human Resources for Health ( published in collaboration with BioMed Central ), and the Pan American Journal of Public Health ( overseen by PAHO / AMRO ).