World Health Organisation (WHO)

A little facts about WHO :

Agency of United Nations.

Headquaters in Geneva.

Specialised in health.

Established on April 7th 1948.

Objective :
Attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

Task :
1. To combat disease, especially key infectious disease.

2. Coordinating international efforts to monitor outbreaks of infectious disease by developing and distributing vaccines.

Some of WHO campaigns, reasearch, activities carried out :
1. Boost consumption of vegetables worldwide .

2. Discourage tobacco consumption.

3. Research on influence of cell phones electromagnetic field on health.

4. Research on Nutrition

5. Breastfeeding

More information can be found on urls below.

Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO
http://www.who.int/research/en/