1. World Health Organisation
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2. Who are they?
World Health Organisation is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.
It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

3. What they are doing now?
Clinical features of severe cases of pandemic influenza 16 October Prompt treatment with the antiviral drugs, oseltamivir or zanamivir, for persons infected with the pandemic A(H1N1) virus reduces the severity of illness and improves the chances of survival. However, treatment of small subsets of patients who develop very severe progressive pneumonia strongly suggests that emergency rooms and intensive care units will experience the heaviest burden of patient care during the pandemic.
Reducing childhood deaths from diarrhoea 14 October About 1.5 million children die from diarrhoea every year. Yet simple, inexpensive and life-saving treatment with oral rehydration salts (ORS) solution and zinc tablets decreases the severity and duration of attacks. These and other prevention strategies are highlighted in a new UNICEF and WHO report on the disease.