WHO World Health

Established 7th April

1948
World Health Day 7th April is
celebrated as World Health Day
every year
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Governed by 194 member state
Headquarter Geneva in
Switzerland
Objective Attainment by all
people of the highest possible
level of Health
Functions
1. Gives important drugs
needed for medical care
2. Promotes research to cure
and prevent diseases like
cancer & heart diseases
3. Makes special effort in
combating diseases which
are known as infant killers
such as Diarrhoeal diseases
4. Aims at fighting diseases
and preventing them from
spreading
5. Publishes health journals
like Bulletin to create
health awareness

Organization
1981-1990 is the decade
declared as International
Drinking Water supply &
Sanitation
Achievements
1. Small pox has been
eradicated
2. Diarrhoeal deaths have
reduced significantly
3. Cholera & Plague epidemics
are rare
4. Leprosy is being better
managed & guinea worm
has been nearly eliminated
Major diseases against which
WHO has launched
immunisation programmes
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Measles
Diphtheria
Tetanus
TB
Polio
Whooping Cough

UNICEF
(United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund or United Nations
Childrens Fund)

Established created by UN
General Assembly during its first
session in 1946
Headquarter New York, USA
Governed by 36 member
executive board
Objective To look after
childrens welfare especially in
developing countries by providing
countries with low cost
community based services in
maternal and child health,
nutrition and immunization, etc.
UNICEF Program in India
1. The National mission on
Immunisation, The National
mission for drinking water &
National literacy mission
2. Community development
program in rural areas in
India
3. Accelerated rural water
supply programme

Functions
1. Provides help to children &
mothers in emergencies
arising from natural
calamities, civil strife &
epidemics
2. Provides help to
Governments to plan,
develop & extend
community based services
3. Provides technical supplies,
equipment and other aids
ranging from papers for
textbooks to clean drinking
water
4. Makes efforts to prevent
diseases like TB, Malaria,
eye & skin diseases
Finances Depends upon
voluntary contribution made by
different Governments, donations
by private agencies, sale of
greeting cards & through various
fund raising campaigns.

United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization

Established 4th November 1946
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Objective contribute to peace
and security in the world by
promoting collaboration among
nations through education,
science, culture and
communication
Headquarter Paris, France
Example of World Heritage
Site
Taj Mahal
Indias association with
UNESCO
Functions
Education 1. Emphasis on women and
girl education
2. Financial assistance for
education of disabled
children
Science
1. Organizes seminars,
conferences of scientists
and circulates information
through journals, exhibitions
and press

2. Encourages the study of

social sciences
Communication
1. Improve quality of press,
films and video services
2. Uphold the freedom of press
and the media
Preservation of cultural
Heritage
1. UNESCO provides technical
advice and assistance,
equipment and funds for
preservation of monuments
and other works of arts. It
has prepared a World
Heritage List to identify the
monuments and sites which
are to be protected.
2. Aims to protect the world
inheritance of books, works
of art and rare manuscripts
3. Encourage artistic creation
in literature and fine arts
4. Pays attention towards the
cultural development
5. Sens cultural missions to
different countries
Fields in which UNESCO
provides basic research
Geology, Mathematics, Physics
and Oceanography