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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO is responsible under the International Classification of Diseases for assigning names to new diseases & infrequently existing diseases Notes: WHO releases 10 threats to global health in 2019 - air pollution and climate change - noncommunicable diseases - threat of a global influenza pandemic - fragile & vulnerable settings, regions affected by drought & conflict - antimicrobial resistance - Ebola & high-threat pathogens - Dengue - HIV1 - weak primary care - vaccine hesitancy - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elected Director-General May 2017 [1]

References

  1. World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General. WHO News Release. May 23, 2017 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/director-general-elect/en/
  2. http://www.who.int/en/
  3. http://www.iarc.fr/