1. IFMSA Relationship to the World Health Organisation … and answers how it all fits into your work …

3. World Health Organisation … directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system ever since its establishment in 1948. … 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.

4. AMRO/PAHO AFRO EURO EMRO SEARO WPRO Headquarters Regional Offices of the WHO

5. World Health Organisation’s Depts. HIV, TB, Malaria Communicable Diseases Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals Family and Community Health Evidence and Information for Policy General Management

6. WHO and IFMSA … IFMSA has been recognized as the international forum for medical students by WHO in 1969, and since then is in a formal relationship to the WHO (reference: A30/348/3 – February 2008)

7. Web Resources About IFMSA / WHO relationiship: http://www.who.int/civilsociety/relations/ngolisteb120.pdf About WHO meetings: http://www.who.int/gb/ http://www.who.int/governance/calendar/2009/en/index.html About NGO Alliance on Health Promotion: http://www.ngos4healthpromotion.net Also look up internship opportunities!

9. UN Agencies IFMSA collaborates with: UNwww.un.org WHOwww.who.int UNESCO www.unesco.org UNFPAwww.unfpa.org UNHCRwww.unhcr.org UNICEFwww.unicef.org UN Programmes we collaborate with: UNAIDS www.unaids.org UNIFEM www.unifem.org

10. UN Agencies we could collaborate more w/: UNDPwww.undp.org UNODCwww.unodc.org UNIDO www.unido.org UNCDFwww.uncdf.org WFPwww.wfp.org World Bankwww.worldbank.org UN Programme we could collaborate with: UN Voulnteers www.unv.org

11. UN Agencies sensitized to give to YNGOs Not as Often Very Often

12. Thank you for your time & attention Silva Rukavina LO to the WHO lwho@ifmsa.org