WHO Headquarters Structure (excluding Partnerships Secretariats)

01 November 2010

Director-General

Deputy Director-General
Office of the Director-General (ODG)

Communications (DCO)
Governing Bodies (GBS)
Internal Oversight Services (IOS)
Legal Counsel (LEG)
Ombudspersons (OMB)
United Nations Coordination

WHO Offices at the:

African Union, Addis Abeba (WAC)
European Union, Brussels (WEU)
United Nations, New York (WUN)

Family and Community Health (FCH) Health Systems and Services (HSS)

Ageing and Life Course (ALC) Essential Health Technologies (EHT)

Gender, Women and Health (GWH) Health Policy Development and Services (HDS)
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) Health System Financing (HSF)
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCH) Human Resources for Health (HRH)
Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) Medicines Policy, Essential Drugs and Traditional Medicine (EMP)

General Management (GMG) HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (HTM)

Finance (FNM) Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)

Global Service Centre, Kuala Lumpur (GSC) Global Malaria Programme (GMP)
Human Resources Management (HRD) HIV/AIDS (HIV)
Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITT) Stop TB (STB)
Operational Support Services (OSS)
Partnerships (PUN)
Planning, Resource Coordination & Performance Monitoring (PRP)
Innovation, Information, Evidence and Research (IER)

Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights (ETH)

Health Action in Crises (HAC) Knowledge Management and Sharing (KMS)
Measurement and Health Information Systems (MHI)
Country Focus (CCO) Patient Safety Programme (PSP)
Emergency Preparedness and Institutional Readiness (EPC) Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (PHI)
Emergency Response and Recovery Operations (RRO) Research Policy and Cooperation (RPC)
Health Nutrition Tracking Service Initiative (HNTS) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
Strategy, Policy and Resource Management (SPR) (TDR)
WHO Mediterranean Centre for Health Risk Reduction, Tunis (WMC)

Health Security and Environment (HSE) Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH)

Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases (FOS) Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion (CHP)
Global Alert and Response (GAR) Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD)
Global Influenza Programme (GIP) Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD)
International Health Regulations Coordination (IHR) Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
Polio Eradication Initiative (POL) Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability (VIP)
Public Health and Environment (PHE) WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe (WKC)