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World Health Organization

WHO

Directing international health policy and maintaining global classification and terminology standards.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, WHO develops and maintains critical health classification and terminology standards including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the International Classification of Functioning (ICF), and the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system.