Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization98312Kelley Lee, LCSH World Health Organization ‐ history ‐ dictionaries. Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization. Lanham, MD and London: The Scarecrow Press 1998. xliv+333pp, ISBN: 0 8108 3371 9 £67.50 Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations series, no.15 UK distribution by Shelwing Ltd, Folkestone

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-13
Author(s):  
K. C. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals The Second Most Difficult Job in the World

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-281
Author(s):  
Jan Klabbers
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Conflicting Demands ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

This article addresses the ecology and functioning of the World Health Organization in a time of crisis, zooming in on the pressures on both the organization and its leadership generated by the circumstance that the organization cannot avoid allocating costs and benefits when taking decisions. The article argues that the covid-19 crisis illustrates how international organizations generally and the who in particular are subjected to conflicting demands, and how this impacts on the role of decision-makers. The latter, it transpires, need to display considerable practical wisdom.

scholarly journals The international organizations

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-134
Author(s):  
Milos Bjelic ◽  
Jerzy Krol
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
Developing World ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Widespread Interest

During the Plenary Session on Prosthetics and Orthotics in the Developing Countries the representatives of the United Nations and the World Health Organization expressed the personal views which follow. They are presented here to the membership at large in view of the widespread interest and the Society's involvement in the problems of improving service in the developing world.

Resolutions of the World Health Organization on the Election of the Director-General

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 998-1019
Author(s):  
Gian Luca Burci
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Initial Screening ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Secret Ballot ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The election of the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General is governed by its Constitution in Article 31. Candidates must be appointed by the Health Assembly on the nomination of the Executive Board. Unlike other international organizations in which the decision-making process is largely informal—such as the IAEA and WTO—the WHO procedures were formalized in the 1990s to include: clear deadlines; an initial screening of all candidates; short-listing by secret ballot in case of more than five candidates; compulsory secret ballot voting both in the Board and the Assembly; and a limit of two terms of office of five years each. However, beginning in 2006, some regional groups strongly demanded the introduction of a compulsory rotation of the post of Director-General among the WHO’s regions. The equally strong rejection of that request by other regional groups led to an increasingly polarized debate in the governing bodies of the WHO.

Making the World Health Organization Work: A Legal Framework for Universal Access to the Conditions for Health

1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-346
Author(s):  
Allyn Lise Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
The World ◽  
International Laws ◽  
Health Organization

Improving global health conditions has been one of the most important and difficult challenges for the world community. Despite concerted efforts by international organizations, like the World Health Organization, great disparities in health conditions remain between developed and developing countries, as well as within those countries. The World Health Organization has achieved some successes through its Health for All strategy; however, it can and should encourage member nations to enact national and international laws to protect and promote the health status of their populations. A comparison to the lawmaking efforts in other areas by international organizations indicates that WHO may have the authority and the means to institutionalize efforts to improve global health conditions.

International Organization and World Politics

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Easton Rothwell
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
World Politics ◽  
International Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

When the Soviet Union withdrew recently from the World Health Organization, a somewhat startled world learned that even the prevention of disease can be affected by world politics. The most cursory study of international organizations for other purposes discloses that none is immune to world social and political forces. On the contrary, they are in varying degree shaped and influenced by these forces, and in fact serve as vehicles for their expression.

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