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Headquarters Office in Geneva This website contains information regarding the WHO, its history, mission, governance and structure, contact information and offices around the world. The Media Centre provides press releases, notes for the press, fact sheets, audio clips and photographs. There are also links to historical archives of press releases, fact sheets and multimedia. An event calendar is also available. There is an extensive list of health topics discussed on this website. The topics are indexed from A-Z and grouped into 12 categories of child and adolescent health and development, environment, health and human rights, health information systems, health legislation and health policy, health technology, infectious diseases, injuries and violence, medicines and vaccines, mental and neurological disorders and disabilities, non-infectious diseases, nutrition and reproductive health. Under the topic of 'reproductive health' for instance, one can find information on family planning and population, maternal and newborn health (Safe Motherhood), reproductive tract infections, resources, and statistical data. In addition, there is information on related topics such as child and adolescent health and development, health and human rights, infectious diseases, maternal and neonatal tetanus, nutrition, sexual and reproductive rights, and sexually transmitted infections. On-line information resources are classified into 10 categories - bulletin of the World Health Organization, international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, library and information networks for knowledge, multimedia centre, pharmaceutical information and documentation, weekly epidemiological record, WHO publications catalogue, WHO statistical information system, world directory of medical schools, World Health Report. More information on the WHO's relations with NGOs, including official relations, may be accessed through the principles governing relations between WHO and NGOs. The names of the 189 international NGOs in official relations with WHO are also listed on the website. This website is multi-lingual (English, French and Spanish). |