WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does World Health Organization mean? 

• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (noun)
  The noun WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION has 1 sense:

1. a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services

  Familiarity information: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

W.H.O.; WHO; World Health Organization

Hypernyms ("World Health Organization" is a kind of...):

UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)

 Context examples 

The World Health Organization reports malaria infected an estimated 212 million people in 2015, killing some 429,000 of them.

(Malaria-carrying Mosquitoes Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets in Southern Africa, VOA)

So much so that institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) have recommended a reduction in the consumption of these free sugars.

(Not enough scientific evidence linking noncaloric sweeteners with adverse effects on gut microbiota, University of Granada)

The World Health Organization reports that every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born early, and this number is rising.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommendations for how much older adults should exercise.

(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It is produced by the World Health Organization.

(International Classification of Diseases, NCI Thesaurus)

According to the World Health Organization, 1.7 million people died of the disease last year.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

According to the World Health Organization, more than one billion people suffer from high blood pressure.

(Study: Fruits and Vegetables Can Lower Blood Pressure, VOA)

The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest outbreak in history, with more than 3,600 infections and 1,800 deaths as of the end of August, according to the World Health Organization.

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

The World Health Organization reports more than 90 percent, or nearly 2 billion children under the age of 15, breathe toxic air every day.

(WAir Pollution a Health Risk for Children, Lisa Schlein/VOA)

According to the World Health Organization, about 3.2 million deaths each year are down to people not doing enough physical activity.

(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)