WHO
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3.2
- proper noun
- Formal
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Organización Mundial de la Salud
- A wide variety of United Nations agencies, led by WHO and UNICEF, also invested in health care.
- according to WHO
- WHO report
- WHO estimates
Examples
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In 1980, WHO declared that the world was free of one of its greatest medical scourges.
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The indicators and methods are described in more detail in a WHO manual.
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We've reached out to the WHO, see what they know.
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...and the crisis has now been officially granted epidemic status by officials of the WHO.
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The WHO also increasingly recognizes the links between health, human rights, and poverty reduction strategies.
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By the year 2000, according to WHO forecasts, 30-40 million new infections will have occurred, 90% in developing countries.
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In 1985, WHO convened a conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on the rational use of drugs.
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The Diabetes Institutes also received the prestigious World Health Organization designation as a WHO Collaborating Diabetes Center.
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The residual turbidity values of the clarified water complied with WHO's standards for drinking water (WHO, 1998).
Academic text (2008) -
The WHO has launched a global campaign to combat the spread of tuberculosis.
Synonyms
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An international United Nations agency that works to protect global health and help countries improve health services
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3.5
An organization within the United Nations that works on one area like health or education
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3.4
An organization that works with the United Nations on a particular task, for example health or children
A worldwide organization that helps countries prevent disease and improve health
Idioms
- Informal
A person who suddenly succeeds and then does not know what to do next
- Informal
A short phrase people say to show they do not care and think something is not needed
- Informal
Saying a rhyme to blame someone shows you are the guilty person
- Baby Talk
A joking way to say the person who first noticed a bad smell caused it
Say this when someone acts very differently, as if they are a different person
Compounds
- Informal
A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying
Surface Forms
Etymology
WHO is an abbreviation of World Health Organization, which literally breaks into the words 'world', 'health', and 'organization'. So WHO is a global group that helps countries work together on 'health' issues like disease and vaccines.