世界卫生组织是联合国专门机构之一,成立于1948年4月,总部设在瑞士日内瓦,现有157个会员国。世界卫生组织的主要活动是:协助各国加强卫生业务,特别是初级卫生保健;根据会员国的要求,开展卫生技术合作活动,如派遣专家、顾问进行传染病的防治,改善环境卫生,培训医药卫生人员,提供奖学金,由会员国选派技术人员出国进修考察;从事流 The World Health Organization is one of the United Nations specialized agencies. It was established in April 1948 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It has 157 member states. The main activities of the World Health Organization are: assisting countries in strengthening their health operations, especially primary health care; and carrying out health and technological cooperation activities according to the requirements of Member States, such as the dispatch of experts and consultants to prevent and control infectious diseases, improve environmental hygiene, and train medical and health care. Personnel, providing scholarships, selecting technical personnel from member states to go abroad for further study;