About WHO

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About WHO

• Prof Adik Wibowo
• WHO Representative to Myanmar

Sharing information at the University of Public
Health, Yangon-MYANMAR, October 23, 2008
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World Health Organization

• World Health Organization is a specialized agency
  under the United Nations System responsible for
  health
• The mission of WHO is the attainment by all
  peoples of the highest possible level of health
• Headquarters is in Geneva, Regional Office for
  South East Asia (SEARO) in New Delhi and Country
  office for Myanmar is in Yangon
• WHO is a technical agency not a donor agency
• WHO is an intergovernmental organization not an
  INGO

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World Health Organization

• WHO experts produce health guidelines and
  standards, and help countries to address public
  health issues.
• WHO also supports and promotes health research.
• Through WHO, governments can jointly tackle
  global health problems and improve peoples
  well-being.

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WHO Constitution

• WHOs Constitution came into force on 7 April
  1948 a date we now celebrate every year as
  World Health Day.
• Basic Agreement between WHO and Government of
  Union of Myanmar for provision of technical
  advisory assistance was signed on September 20th,
  1957 between the Ministry of national planning
  and the Regional Director of SEARO.

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• Dr Margaret Chan
• Director General
• Chief Technical Admin Officer

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Headquarters Regional Offices

• HQ
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Regional Offices
• Region of Americas (Washington)
• European Region (Copenhagen)
• Eastern Mediterranean Region (Cairo)
• African Region (Brazzaville)
• South East Asia Region (New Delhi)
• Western Pacific Region (Manila)

http//www.who.int/en/ http//devserver.paho.
org/ http//www.euro.who.int/ http//www.emro.who.
int/index.asp http//www.afro.who.int/ http//www.
searo.who.int/ http//www.wpro.who.int/
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WHO HQ and its Regional Offices
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• Dr Samlee Plianbangchang
• Regional Director
• South East Asia Region

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World Health Assembly

• The World Health Assembly is the supreme
  decision-making body for WHO. It meets every
  year in May in Geneva, and is attended by
  delegations from all 193 Member States

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Executive Board

• The Executive Board is composed of 34 members
  technically qualified in the field of health.
  Members are elected for three-year terms. The
  main Board meeting, at which the agenda for the
  forthcoming Health Assembly is agreed upon and
  resolutions are adopted for forwarding to the
  Health Assembly, is held in January, with a
  second shorter meeting in May, immediately after
  the Health Assembly, for more administrative
  matters

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WHO Regional Committee
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Health Ministers Meeting
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The Sub-Committee on Policy and Programme
Development and Management (SPPDM)
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WRs WHO Representatives meeting
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DG delegates authority to Regional Directors

• RDs delegate to WRs
• WRs may delegate to other staff under her
  supervision

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Organizational Chart WHO SEARO
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Various websites of WHO country offices

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• DPR Korea
• India
• Indonesia
• Maldives
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste 

http//www.whoban.org/ http//www.whobhutan.org/EN
/Index.htm http//www.dprk.searo.who.int/EN/Index.
htm http//www.whoindia.org/EN/Index.htm http//ww
w.who.or.id/ http//www.who.org.mv/EN/Index.htm ht
tp//www.whomyanmar.org/EN/Index.htm http//www.ne
p.searo.who.int/EN/Index.htm http//www.whosrilank
a.org/EN/Index.htm http//w3.whothai.org/ http//w
ww.tls.searo.who.int/EN/Index.htm
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Organizational Chart WR Myanmar
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WHO Programmes

• Approved workplans authorize WR to implement
  planned WHO/MoH collaborative activities

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WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2008-2011 Myanmar

• Areas of Priority
• Improve health system performance
• Reduce excess burden of disease
• Improve health conditions for mothers, children
  and adolescents

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Source of WHO Funding

• Assessed Contribution
• WHO receives its funding principally through
  assessed contributions from Member States
• Voluntary Contribution
• WHO is currently financed largely from voluntary
  contributions donated by various donors.

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Component-wise allocation of Regular Budget
2008-2009 fundsTotal Budget - US5,455,000
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Types of WHO Contracts
APW Agreement of Performance of Work
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DFC Direct Financial Contract
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TSA Technical Service Agreement
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WHO Country Office, Myanmar Traders Hotel, A
floor, Yangon
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WR office
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WCO MMR - office staff
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Regional Surveillance Officers (RSO) office
teamOne team in each division/ state
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Nargis field officers, office team (Laputta,
Bogale, Pathein)
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Regional meeting/workshops
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National meeting/workshops
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WHO Publications
WHO Bulletin
WHO Myanmar Newsletter
SEARO Bulletin
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Guideline in local Myanmar language
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2007 New year gifts
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The Calcutta Declaration, 1999 Basis for
development of Public Health Education in SEAR
countries
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WHO relationship with UoPH MMR
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Employment with WHO

• Professional Staff
• Applicants are normally required to have a
  university degree as well as a relevant
  postgraduate specialization, experience at
  national and/or international level in the
  required field of public health and development
  issues.
• Generally, we seek applications from candidates
  in the following fields
• Health related medical officers
  epidemiologists public health specialists
  related paramedical fields environmental health
  specialists health scientists statisticians
  health economists policy analysts.
• Non health-related finance human resources
  informatics legal general administration.
• Often, the professional technical staff act as
  advisers in public health to Member states.
  Candidates should therefore normally have
  substantial training and experience in this field
  before they can be considered for an assignment.
  Because of WHO's particular needs and the keen
  competition, we are able to offer appointments
  only to very few applicants. Applications are
  carefully considered against current and
  projected vacancies.
• Website adress for employment with WHO
  http//www.who.int/employment/en/

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Thank you.Questions?