AFRO |
WHO Regional Office for Africa (see below for Member States covered) |
AMRO/PAHO |
WHO Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization (see below for Member States covered) |
ASEAN |
Association of South-East Asian Nations |
CDS/CPE |
Communicable Diseases Cluster/Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Prevention and Eradication |
CDS/STB |
Communicable Diseases Cluster/Stop TB Initiative |
DGO |
Director General's Office |
EDM |
Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (within Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals Cluster) |
EIP/OSD |
Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster/Department of Organization of Health Services Delivery |
EMRO |
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (see below for Member States covered) |
EU |
European Union |
EURO |
WHO Regional Office for Europe (see below for Member States covered) |
FCH/CAH |
Family and Community Health Cluster/Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development |
FCH/HIS |
Family and Community Health Cluster/HIV/AIDS/STI Initiative |
FCH/RHR |
Family and Community Health Cluster/Department of Reproductive Health and Research |
GMG/IIS |
General Management Cluster/Department of Informatics and Infrastructure Services |
GMP |
good manufacturing practices |
HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
HTP/VAB |
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals Cluster/Department of Vaccines and Biologicals |
ICH |
International Conference on Harmonisation |
IFPMA |
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations |
INN |
International Nonproprietary Name |
n.a. |
not applicable |
NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
NMH/MNH |
(former) Noncommunicable Diseases Cluster/Department of Mental Health |
NMH/NCP |
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster/Department of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention |
SDE/EHA |
Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments Cluster/ Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action |
SDE/HSD |
Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments Cluster/ Deparment of Health in Sustainable Development |
SEARO |
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (see below for countries covered) |
SIAMED |
WHO model system for computer-assisted drug registration |
STI |
sexually transmitted infections |
TB |
tuberculosis |
TRIPS |
(Agreement on) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDCP |
United Nations International Drug Control Programme |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
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 |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
WHO African Region 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 and 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 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.