Site Map

The new WHO web site is organized by three main areas:

Health Topics, which lists all WHO-produced information on various health and development topics. From the list of health topics, you can navigate to a set of information about the topic of your choice.

- Health Topics

Countries, which contains a list of WHO Member States. For each Member State, a page containing country-specific information has been created.

- Countries

WHO Sites, which provides information from specific entities within WHO. By clicking on WHO Sites, you will be provided with a list of those entities that have a web site. You can then choose the site in which you are interested.

- WHO Sites

Information resources:

Publications, which includes a list of WHO periodicals and a link to WHO's catalogue of information products

- Publications

Research Tools, which contains links to the major research tools available on WHO's web site

- Research Tools

BASIC INFORMATION

- About WHO
- Overview of WHO
- WHO definition of Health
- Director-General's Office
- Governance
- Copyright notice
- Permissions and Licensing
- Contact WHO Headquarters
- Contact WHO Regional Offices
- Contact WHO Liason and other offices
- Publishing translations of WHO information materials

HIV/AIDS

3 by 5 Initiative
WHO's drive to provide HIV/AIDS treatment to three million people by the end of 2005.
3 by 5 Initiative

DISEASE OUTBREAKS

Hepatitis E
Sudan
Full text

Ebola haemorrhagic fever
Sudan - update 9
Full text

Disease outbreak news

EMERGENCIES

Sudan humanitarian crisis
Latest information

Iraq
Latest information

TOBACCO

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
List of signatories

GENERAL WHO INFORMATION

Media centre
Press releases, statements, fact sheets, photographs and audio and video links.

Director-General's office
Biography of the Director-General, text of all major speeches, and biographies of Assistant Directors-General.

Governance
WHO Constitution, policy documentation, and Executive Board and World Health Assembly Resolutions and Records.

About WHO
Contact, permissions and licensing information, and employment opportunities.

Travellers' health
Vaccination requirements, travel risks and precautions, accidents and infectious diseases.