Kind sorts health institutions by the type of body each one is, such as an intergovernmental agency, a hospital or a charity. Wikipedia describes the World Health Organization as "a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN)," a kind distinct from a national health ministry or a private foundation. This dimension separates institutions that hold very different kinds of authority.
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How is a national health agency different from the World Health Organization?
A national health agency serves one country, while the World Health Organization is an organization of 194 Member States.
A national health agency is one country's own government body charged with public health protection, disease control or health policy for that country alone. The World Health Organization works at a different level, because it is an organization of 194 Member States. A body serving many countries at once is grouped here under international, continental, EU or UN health agencies rather than as a national health agency.
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1. Wikipedia: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
WikipediaCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Establishment sectionQuote, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Establishment section
The Communicable Disease Center was founded July 1, 1946, as the successor to the World War II Malaria Control in War Areas program of the Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities.
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