Bank for International Settlements, Council of Europe, Central European Initiative, EBRD, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, FAO, Group of 77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, International Criminal Court, International Development Association, IFAD, International Finance Corporation, IFRCS, ILO, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, Interpol, IOC, International Organization for Migration ( observer ), ISO, ITU, Non-Aligned Movement ( guest ), Organization of American States ( observer ), OIC ( observer ), OPCW, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, United Nations, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO ( observer )

It has also been successful in helping to reduce cases by 99 % since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, which partnered WHO with Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) and the United Nations Children ’ s Fund ( UNICEF ), as well as smaller organizations.

* WHO: Tobacco Free Initiative

Now a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative ( GPEI ) with WHO, UNICEF and the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary is recognized by the United Nations as the key private partner in the eradication effort.

* Hib Initiative — from Johns Hopkins University, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, CDC & WHO

* In 1998, the WHO established the Tobacco Free Initiative ( TFI ), an attempt to focus international resources and attention on the global health issue of tobacco.

During the period 1996 to 1998, through a series of consultations between the Programme Advisory Group ( PAG ) of WHO, the Partnership Committee, and the Task Force, the document, " Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness ", was developed and adopted.

The Task Force was integrated within IAPB, becoming the " Task Force of IAPB ", and a Memorandum of Understanding to implement the " Global Initiative to Eliminate Avoidable Blindness " was signed between IAPB and WHO.

It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ( WHOCC ), and was first published in 1976.

The reasons for variable efficacy have been discussed at length in a WHO document on BCG.

* WHO BCG policy: The WHO recommend BCG be given to all children born in countries highly endemic for TB because it protects against miliary TB and TB meningitis.

In 2007, The WHO stopped recommending BCG for infants with HIV, even if there is a high risk of exposure to TB, because of the risk of disseminated BCG infection ( which is approximately 400 per 100, 000 ).

Although people born pre-1970 will have been vaccinated for smallpox under the WHO program, the effectiveness of vaccination is limited since the vaccine provides high level of immunity for only 3 to 5 years.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that it accounted for 15 % of blindness cases in 1995, but only 3. 6 % in 2002.

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ( ICD ), produced by the World Health Organization ( WHO ), is another commonly used manual which includes criteria for mental disorders.

Female genital mutilation ( FGM ), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) as " all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

The WHO divides FGM into four categories ( see image right for types I – III ).

A variety of other procedures are collectively known as Type IV, which the WHO defines as " all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, for example, pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterization.

** Food irradiation – A technique for preserving and improving the safety of Food, WHO, Geneva, 1991 ( revised )

The International Classification of Diseases is published by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and used worldwide for morbidity and mortality statistics, reimbursement systems, and automated decision support in health care.

In 1948, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) assumed responsibility for preparing and publishing the revisions to the ICD every ten-years.

The International Conference for the Seventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases was held in Paris under the auspices of WHO in February 1955.

The International Conference for the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, convened by WHO, met in Geneva from 30 September to 6 October 1975.

Several materials are made available online by WHO to facilitate its use, including a manual, training guidelines, a browser, and files for download.

The WHO is revising their classifications in these sections as part the development of the ICD-11 ( scheduled for 2015 ), and an " International Advisory Group " has been established to guide this.

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

* WHO. int-' Immunizations, vaccines and biologicals: Towards a World free of Vaccine Preventable Diseases ', World Health Organization ( WHO's global vaccination campaign website )

WHO runs the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, targeted at improving health policy and systems.

* Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of DisastersA WHO collaborating centre

For example, in 1995 the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute ( UNICRI ) announced in a press release the publication of the results of the largest global study on cocaine use ever undertaken.

As far back as 1987 the U. S. EPA classified it as a " probable human carcinogen " and after more studies the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ), in 1995, also classified it as a " probable human carcinogen ".

Metronidazole is listed as a possible carcinogen according to the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ).

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ), concluded that there were insufficient studies in pancreatic cancer, and while it found evidence for an inverse association between vitamin D and colorectal cancer to be persuasive, it found evidence for a causal link to be limited, and also found that randomized controlled trials ( RCTs ) were inconclusive.

He currently chairs the Royal College of Physicians ' Working Party on Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry ; co-chairs a WHO Scientific Advisory Group on Clinical Trials Registration ; is a Council Member of the Global Forum for Health Research ; is a Board Member of the Health Metrics Network ; sits on the External Reference Group for WHO's Research Strategy ; and is an External Advisory Board Member for the WHO European Region.

In 2004, the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ) of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) reviewed all significant published evidence related to tobacco smoking and cancer.

In 2009, the March of Dimes partnered with the Department of Reproductive Health and Research of the World Health Organization ( RHR / WHO ) to publish a white paper on the global and regional toll of preterm birth worldwide.

World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre: The Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy incorporating the Centre for Quality Assurance of Medicines within the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services section of the School of Pharmacy is designated by the World Health Organisastion ( WHO ) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Quality Assurance of Medicines.

He joined the Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases ( NICED ), Calcutta, a constituent Institute of the Indian Council of Medical Research and a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Diarrhoeal Diseases, in 1981 and worked there till April 5, 2000, after which he took up his current assignment.

Worldwide, the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer estimated that in 2002 17. 8 % of human cancers were caused by infection, with 11. 9 % being caused by one of seven different viruses.

* Adetokumbo Lucas, former director of Tropical Diseases Research at the World Health Organization ( WHO )

A Harvard-trained anthropologist, Popp was actually a collaborator of the Flying Doctors, a branch of the African Medical Research Foundation ( AMREF ), and a consultant for the WHO in Kenya, where he had organized a conference in the new Global AIDS Program that very year.

In 1970, the collaboration of the ISREC with the Institute of Biochemistry, the WHO and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research constituted a critical mass of over 150 scientists.