A specialized agency of the United Nations system whose charter is health specifically, distinct from a broader UN agency whose mandate is not primarily health. Belongs here: the World Health Organization and comparable UN health-specific bodies. Does not belong here: a UN body whose primary mandate is not health, grouped under UN agencies.
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1. Wikipedia: World Health Organization
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The WHO was established on 7 April 1948, and formally began its work on 1 September 1948.
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