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Six geographic areas for regional organizations as follows:

Eastern Mediterranean.

Western Pacific.

South-East Asia.

Europe

Africa (South of the Sahara).

The Americas.

WHO South-East Asia Countries:(SEARO)

Bangladesh.

Bhutan.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

India.

Indonesia

Maldives

Myanmar

Nepal

Sri Lanka.

Thailand

Timor-Leste.

WHO’s Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 – a date we now celebrate every year as World Health Day. More than 7000 people from more than 150 countries work for the Organization in over 150 WHO country offices, 6 regional offices, at the Global Service Centre in Malaysia and at the headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO.

World Health Assembly

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO.

Executive Board

The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms.

Director-General is WHO's chief technical and administrative officer and oversees the policy for the Organization's international health work. Dr Tedros took office for a five-year term on 1 July 2017.