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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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1660 1
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1. Wikipedia: Research institute
WikipediaResearch institute, Research institutes in Europe section
Quote, Research institute, Research institutes in Europe section
In London, the Royal Society was founded in 1660, and in France, Louis XIV founded the Académie royale des sciences in 1666, which came after private academic assemblies had been created earlier in the seventeenth century to foster research.
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