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Swiss Membership in the WHO Executive Board
From May 2011 to May 2014, Switzerland will be occupying a seat on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO). Switzerland is committed to a strengthening of both the WHO and of
national healthcare systems.
Switzerland on the Executive
Board
World Health Organization
The Geneva-based World Health Organisation, WHO, was set up in 1946. Since the 1990s its work has been focussed on the following:
- Global health warning service: documentation and information about contagious diseases and their causes as well as about related deaths
- Support for the establishment and expansion of efficient health services in developing countries: The priority is on primary health care through improvements in the food situation and the provision of drinking water as well as through the supply of essential medicaments
- Promotion of medical research and the fight against AIDS
The WHO 2010/2011 budget is USD 4.5 billion. In 2011/2012 Switzerland contributes CHF 11 million.