задать вопросы к этому тексту два вопросительных 2 общих два альтернативных и два разделительных вопроса на английском The World Health Organization (WHO) is a

specialized agency of the United Nations (UN)

that is concerned with international public health.

It was established on April 7, 1948, the day

which became the World Health Day.

Headquarters are located in Geneva,

Switzerland. Today there are 194 member states

in the organization. All countries which are

members of the United Nations may become

members of WHO by accepting its Constitution.

2.

The 19th century was marked by great increase

in trade and travel with the East. It led to

outbreaks of cholera and other epidemic

diseases in Europe. Thus cholera epidemics in

1830 and 1847 killed tens of thousands people

in Europe. In response to that, the first

International Sanitary Conference was held in

Paris in 1851. It was the first attempt to establish

the international cooperation with the purpose to

fight against such diseases as cholera and

plague.

But only after the World War II the efforts of the

international community succeeded in

establishing a new international health

organisation, World Health Organisation, with its

own Constitution.

3.

The WHO’s constitution states that its objective

is the achievement by all people of the highest

possible level of health. Its major task is to

combat diseases, especially key infectious

diseases, and to promote the general health of

the people of the world.

4.

The WHO‘s current priorities include

communicable diseases, in particular,

HIV/AIDS, SARS, malaria, tuberculosis, swine

flu, avian flu. The WHO also sponsors programs

to prevent and treat

such diseases. It supports the development and

distribution of safe and effective vaccines and

drugs. The WHO fought smallpox for two

decades; in 1980 the disease was eradicated -

the first disease in history eliminated by human

effort. The WHO aims to eradicate polio within

the next two years.

In 2009 the world faced a new pandemic

influenza called the "H1N1 influenza", or "Swine

Flu". The disease killed 294,500 people , it was

particularly dangerous for children and young

adults. But this number could be much higher.

The WHO helped countries protect people from

developing severe disease. It worked on

vaccine development, coordinated the

distribution of pandemic influenza vaccines to

many countries, ensured a sufficient supply of

safe vaccines. This work achieved

encouraging progress and in 2010 the H1N1

influenza event moved into the post-pandemic

period.

5.

In addition to its work on eradicating diseases

the WHO also carries out different healthrelated campaigns, e.g., to encourage the

consumption of fruit and vegetables worldwide

and to discourage tobacco use.

The WHO also conducts health research in

communicable and noncommunicable

conditions and injuries, e.g., long-term studies

on ageing to determine if the additional years

we live are in good or poor health, and whether

the electromagnetic field surrounding cell

phones has a harmful effect on health, etc.

6.

The WHO is financed by contributions from

member states and from donors, among which

there is pharmaceutical industry, as well as

other foundations such as Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller

Foundation.

The production and distribution of health

statistics for

health action

at a country,

regional and

global level is

one of the

priorities of

WHO activity

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