AFRO |
WHO Regional Office for Africa (see below for Member States covered) |
AIDS |
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
AM |
allopathic medicine |
AMRO/PAHO |
WHO Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization (see below for Member States covered) |
CAM |
complementary and alternative medicine |
CDS |
Communicable Diseases Cluster |
DGO |
Director-General's Office |
EGB |
External Relations and Governing Bodies Cluster |
EGB/ECP |
External Relations and Governing Bodies Cluster/Department of External Cooperation and Partnerships |
EIP |
Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster |
EIP/OSD |
Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster/Department of Organization of Health Services Delivery |
EMEA |
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products |
EMRO |
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (see below for Member States covered) |
EURO |
WHO Regional Office for Europe (see below for Member States covered) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FCH |
Family and Community Health Cluster |
FCH/RHR |
Family and Community Health Cluster/Department of Reproductive Health and Research |
FCH/WMH |
Family and Community Health Cluster/Department of Women's Health |
GMG |
General Management Cluster |
HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
HTP |
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals Cluster |
NCCAM |
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (USA) |
NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
NMH |
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster |
NMH/CCH |
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster/Department of Health Care |
NMH/MNC |
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster/Department of Management of Noncommunicable Diseases |
NMH/MSD |
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster/Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence |
RHR/TSC |
Department of Reproductive Health and Research/Technical Support to Countries (part of Family and Community Health Cluster) |
SDE/HSD |
Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments Cluster/Department of Health in Sustainable Development |
SEARO |
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (see below for Member States covered) |
TCM |
traditional Chinese medicine |
TM |
traditional medicine |
UN |
United Nations |
UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
WKC |
WHO Centre for Health Development (Kobe, Japan) |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
WPRO |
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (see below for Member States covered) |
WSMI |
World Self-Medication Industry |
WHO African Member States are: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
WHO Americas Member States are: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela.
WHO Eastern Mediterranean Member States are: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
WHO European Member States are: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.
WHO South-East Asian Member States are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
WHO Western Pacific Member States are: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.