Changes

[[Image:World Health Organization logo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The emblem of the WHO]]

[[Image:World Health Organization logo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The emblem of the WHO.]] The '''World Health Organization''' ('''WHO''') is program of the [[United Nations]] (UN) and the directing and coordinating authority for health within the UN system. It is responsible for "providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends."<ref>About WHO [http://www.who.int/about/en/ World Health Organization] Accessed July 16 2007</ref> When diplomats met to form the United Nations in 1945, one of the issues they wished to address was the establishment of a global health organization, and WHO came into force on 7 April 1948. The date is now celebrated annually as [[World Health Day]].

The '''World Health Organization''' (WHO) is an agency of the [[United Nations]] and the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for "providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends."<ref>About WHO [http://www.who.int/about/en/ World Health Organization] Accessed July 16 2007</ref> When diplomats met to form the United Nations in 1945, one of the issues they wished to address was the establishment of a global health organization, and WHO came into force on 7 April 1948. The date is now celebrated annually as [[World Health Day]].

The current Director-General of WHO, appointed in November 2006, is Dr. '''Margaret Chan'''.

The current Director-General of WHO, appointed in November 2006, is Dr. Margaret Chan.

==Criticism==

==Criticism==