Geneva - World Health Organization

(Local Name: Organisation Mondiale de la Santé) Northwest of the Ecumenical Center (1km/0.5mi from the Palais des Nations) is the headquarters of the World Health Organization (Organization Mondiale de la Santé; WHO/OMS:1962-66, by J. Tschumi, P. Bonnard, H. Curchid and P. Cotty), also known as the Palais de la Santé.

The World Health Organization, founded in 1948, succeeded the International Office of Public Health, established in Paris in 1907. It is concerned with health care on an international basis, epidemic control, the training of doctors and other health care personnel, etc., and is active in the field of medical research. Its Geneva headquarters and its six regional offices in Copenhagen,