Organization Overview
The World Health Organization was officially formed on 7th of April, 1948, as a specialized United Nations (UN) Agency. Although there are several UN agencies working in the health arena, only the WHO has a specific mandate for health. The WHO has a governing body, members and a single budget. A formal agreement with the UN secures the exchange of needed data and the use of general administrative practice.
The main objective of the WHO, consisting of 194 states, is to obtain and give the highest quality of health possible to all humanity. The WHO Constitution was endorsed in 1946 and became effective on the 7th of April, 1948, and since then, this date is celebrated as the World Health Day every year. The World Health Assembly is its key politically leading structure. It is held on a yearly basis in May in Geneva, Switzerland, where the WHO Headquarters is located. At the Assembly, the government delegations from all member states take part, and, based on a group consensus, the main areas of WHO policies are developed and established. Member states pay a membership fee, which contributes to the regular budget of the organization. Each state is entitled to one vote regardless of the amount of money or allocations they give to the budget. The Republic of Tajikistan was once again entitled to a voting right in 2006. However, the country was not able to pay the membership fee and since 2010 Tajikistan has no right to vote, which will not be restored until it starts to make the required contributions.
Tajikistan joined the World Health Organization in May, 1992, has sustained placement in the Europe Regional Office (WHO/EURO), and has become one of the 53 member states of the WHO Office for Europe, which is established in Copenhagen, Denmark. The WHO Country Office in Tajikistan is represented by the Head of Office who manages the office activity, programs and project implementation. The majority of its activities are provided by the technical and expert support under the Biennium Collaborative Agreement (BCA) made between the Ministry of Health of Tajikistan and the World Health Organization. Every two years, the BCA is given the key priority areas of health in the Republic. Under the BCA implementation, the WHO also provides various technical and financial support based on the requests of the Ministry of Health during emergencies or disasters such as disease outbreaks or severe weather. All requests for a long term support with respect to health issues are implemented through the Ministry of Health, which considers and rates them according to its priority areas. The World Health Organization does not give grants and credits, but, within the BCA, it maintains the capacity to help health professionals by conducting workshops and seminars, supporting Working Groups, or granting WHO scholarship programs to different health areas.
| Mr. Victor Stefan Olsavszky WHO Representative in Tajikistan / Head of WHO CO in Tajikistan Tel: (+992 48) 701 14 72/73/74/75 Fax: (+992 48) 701 14 84 Website: http://euro.who.int/en/where-we-work/member-states/tajikistan Address: 37/1 Bokhtar Street, floor 6, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |