The World Health Organization (WHO) 

The World Health Organization (WHO) was established on 7 April 1948 as the United Nations’ directing and coordinating authority on global public health. More than 7000 WHO staff work across the world to collaborate with and support WHO’s 194 Member States and other partners to achieve WHO’s founding vision of the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health. 

WHO in Indonesia 

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, based in New Delhi, India covers 11 countries. Indonesia joined WHO and the WHO South-East Asia Region on 23 May 1950. Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country, the largest archipelago in the world and is located on the world’s most active volcanic ring. 

The WHO Country Office to Indonesia partners with the Government of Indonesia in the following areas: 

• communicable and noncommunicable diseases; 
• promoting health through the life-course; 
• development of health system particularly on policies, and; 
• preparedness, surveillance and response. 

Specific areas of focus include control of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, vaccine-preventable diseases, mental health, injuries prevention, nutrition and prevention of noncommunicable diseases. Other priorities include improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, promoting healthy ageing, enhancing food safety, improving human resources for health, ensuring access for all to quality, affordable medicines, and achieving full compliance with the International Health Regulations. 

WHO vision and mission

The founding vision of WHO is a world in which all people attain the highest possible level of health and well-being. The WHO mission is to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. WHO works with a commitment to human rights, universality and equity, based on the principles espoused in the WHO Constitution.  
   
Core functions of WHO include: providing leadership on matters crucial to health and engaging in partnerships where joint action is needed; shaping the research agenda and stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge; setting norms and standards and promoting and monitoring their implementation; articulating ethical and evidence-based policy options; providing technical support to catalyse changes; building sustainable institutional capacity; and monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends.  
The WHO Country Office leverages all three levels of the Organization to focus support where it can make a difference; to place the right people in the right places; to engage partners effectively; to enhance communications; and to improve operational health intelligence. 

Priorities of WHO