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World Health Organization

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Global authority on public health
Margaret Chan becomes director-general of WHO
WHO launches Global action plan for influenza vaccines
WHO endorsed HIV/AIDS Toolkit for Zimbabwe
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
WHO responds to global SARS outbreak.
Creation of Stop TB Partnership and UN Initiative
WHO joins United Nations Development Group
Establishment of International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis
Global Polio Eradication Initiative established
WHO declares smallpox officially eradicated – first disease eliminated globally.
Alma-Ata Declaration on "Health for All" adopted at International Conference on Primary Health Care.
Resolution on disability prevention and rehabilitation
Expanded Programme on Immunization started
WHO helps contain the last European outbreak in Yugoslavia
First International Health Regulations
Intensified global smallpox eradication campaign
Establishment of International Agency for Research on Cancer
WHO Signed Agreement with IAEA
Soviet Union Re-joins WHO
Mass Tuberculosis Inoculation Drive Begins
Regional divisions of WHO were created
Soviet Union Withdraws from WHO
WHO Formally Began Its Work
First World Health Assembly Meeting
Formation of World Health Organization
Epidemiological Information Service Established
Discussion on Creating International Health Organization
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