World Health Organization

English

Alternative forms

• World Health Organisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

the World Health Organization

2. An agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health

   Synonym: (initialism) WHO

Translations

UN public health agency — see also WHO

• Afrikaans: Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie
• Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة الصِّحَّة الْعَالَمِيَّة f (munaẓẓama(t) aṣ-ṣiḥḥa(t) al-ʕālamiyya)
• Asturian: Organización Mundial de la Salú f
• Basque: Munduko Osasun Erakundea
• Burmese: ကမ္ဘာ့ကျန်းမာရေးအဖွဲ့ (kambha.kyan:mare:a.hpwai.)
• Catalan: Organització Mundial de la Salut f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 世界衛生組織 / 世界卫生组织 (sai³ gaai³ wai⁶ sang¹ zou² zik¹)

  Mandarin: 世界衛生組織 / 世界卫生组织 (zh) (Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī)

• Czech: Světová zdravotnická organizace f
• Dutch: Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (nl) f
• Estonian: Maailma Tervishoiuorganisatsioon
• French: Organisation mondiale de la santé (fr) f
• German: Weltgesundheitsorganisation (de) f
• Hindi: विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन m (viśva svāsthya saṅgṭhan)
• Hungarian: Egészségügyi Világszervezet (hu)
• Ilocano: Gunglo ti Salun-at ti Lubong
• Indonesian: Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia
• Italian: Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità f
• Japanese: 世界保健機関 (せかいほけんきかん, Sekai Hoken Kikan), 世界保健機構 (せかいほけんきこう, Sekaihokenkikō)
• Kannada: ವಿಶ್ವ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ (viśva ārōgya saṃsthe), ವಿಶ್ವ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಂಘಟನೆ (viśva ārōgya saṅghaṭane)
• Khmer: អង្គការសុខភាពពិភពលោក (ʼɑngkaa sokhaʼphiəp piphup look)
• Lao: ອົງການອານາໄມໂລກ (lo) (ʼong kā n nā mai lōk)
• Latvian: Pasaules Veselības organizācija f
• Macedonian: Све́тска здра́вствена организа́ција f (Svétska zdrávstvena organizácija)
• Malay: Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Дэлхийн Эрүүл Мэндийн Байгууллага (Delxiin Erüül Mendiin Bajguullaga) (Mongolia), Дэлхийн эрүүл хамгаалалын зохион байгуулалт (Delxiin erüül xamgaalalyn zoxion bajguulalt) (China)

  Mongolian script: ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ
  ᠡᠷᠡᠭᠦᠯ
  ᠮᠡᠨᠳᠦ ᠵᠢᠨ
  ᠪᠠᠢᠭᠣᠯᠣᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (delekei-ǰin eregül mendü-ǰin baiɣololg-a), ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ
  ᠡᠷᠡᠭᠦᠯ
  ᠬᠠᠮᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠯ ᠦᠨ
  ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠨ
  ᠪᠠᠢᠭᠤᠯᠤᠯᠲᠠ (delekei-ǰin eregül qamaɣalal-ün ǰokiyan baiɣululta)

• Nepali: विश्व स्वास्थ्य सङ्गठन (viśwa svāsthya saṅgaṭhan)
• Persian: سازمان بهداشت جهانی (sâzmân-e behdâšt-e jahâni)
• Polish: Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia f
• Portuguese: Organização Mundial de Saúde f
• Russian: Всеми́рная организа́ция здравоохране́ния (ru) f (Vsemírnaja organizácija zdravooxranénija)
• Shan: ၸုမ်းပၢႆးယူႇလီလုမ်ႈၾႃႉ (tsúm páai yùu lǐi lūm fâ̰a)
• Spanish: Organización Mundial de la Salud f
• Swahili: Shirika la Afya Duniani
• Tagalog: Pandaigdigang Organisasyon sa Kalusugan
• Telugu: ప్రపంచ ఆరోగ్య సంస్థ (prapañca ārōgya saṁstha)
• Thai: องค์การอนามัยโลก
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་འཕྲོད་བསྟེན་སྒྲིག་འཛུགས། (rgyal spyi'i 'phrod bsten sgrig 'dzugs)
• Ukrainian: Всесві́тня організа́ція охоро́ни здоро́в'я f (Vsesvítnja orhanizácija oxoróny zdoróvʺja)
• Urdu: عالمی ادارہ صحت (âlami idâra-e sehat)
• Vietnamese: Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới

Further reading

• “World Health Organization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “World Health Organization”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

• “World Health Organization”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “World Health Organization”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.