Six African countries to get mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project
World Health Organisation (WHO)
• The World Health Organisation is a specialised agency of the United Nations which was founded on 7 April , 1948.
• Every year 7 April is celebrated as “World Health Day”.
• It was set up to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions. WHO defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease .”
• Headquarters of WHO : Geneva ,Switzerland
• Director General of WHO : Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia .
• He was elected as WHO director General in 2017 and later re-elected in 2022 for a period of 5 years .