World Health OrganizationInternational

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health, operating a key Representation Office to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. Its mandate is to promote global health, coordinate responses to health emergencies, set norms and standards, and strengthen health systems worldwide. Established on April 7, 1948, following the adoption of its constitution in 1946, the date is now observed annually as World Health Day. Among its most celebrated historical milestones, the WHO spearheaded the global campaign that achieved the total eradication of smallpox in 1980.