Question 17
EasyOriginal questionThe World Health Organization was founded in
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C
Correct answer: C
Explanation
The WHO was founded in 1948, three years after the United Nations itself.
Its constitution, of the same year, opens by defining health as more than the absence of disease.
World Health Day is kept on the day that constitution came into force.
Worth noting
1946 belongs to UNICEF and 1948 to the WHO — two years apart, both just after the war, and routinely swapped.
- Concept
- The founding year of the World Health Organization
- Typical timeTypical
- 40 s
- Your timeYours
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