World Health Organisation Cancer Control Program

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. WHO was built on 7 April 1948, and is housed in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Assembly. The WHO is currently working with 194 member states across 6 regions. WHO helps mothers and children live and prosper so they can look up to a healthy old age. They safeguard the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink and the medicines and vaccines they need. The constitution of the World Health Organization had been signed by 61 countries on 22 July 1946, with the first meeting of the World Health Assembly finishing on 22 July 1946.Each year, the organization marks World Health Day and other observances focusing on a specific health promotion topic. World Health Day falls on 7 April each year, timed to match the anniversary of WHO's founding.