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Descriptor English: World Health Organization
Descriptor Spanish: Organización Mundial de la Salud
Descriptor Organización Mundial de la Salud
Entry term(s) OMS
Scope note: Agencia especializada de las Naciones Unidas, designada como autoridad coordinadora del trabajo internacional para la salud; su objetivo es proporcionar el nivel más alto posible de salud para todos los pueblos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Organização Mundial da Saúde
Descriptor French: Organisation mondiale de la santé
Entry term(s): Organization, World Health
WHO
Tree number(s): N03.540.514.718.800
SH1.010.020.020.070
SP1.620.711
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014944
Scope note: A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.
Annotation: CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
OG organization & administration
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(65)
Entry Version: WORLD HEALTH ORGAN
Related: Global Health MeSH
DeCS ID: 15342
Unique ID: D014944
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
World Health Organization - Preferred
Concept UI M0023015
Scope note A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.
Preferred term World Health Organization
Entry term(s) Organization, World Health
WHO



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