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published: 23 Aug 2006 last updated: 26 Feb 2019

World Health Organization (WHO) ()
World Health Organization (WHO)
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UN and other specialized agency of the UN Common System
  • Environmental, food and feed safety
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  • Biosafety and Biotechnology
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO's objective, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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The WHO Biosafety Programme is a resource to Member States for information, training and advocacy for laboratory biosafety procedures and practices. It coordinates an informal information-sharing network of international biosafety organizations and liaises with the United Nations on international regulations for transport of biohazardous materials. The programme produces and revises a variety of technical information documents on biosafety.
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