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INVESTMENT ROUND: IMPACT STORY
WHO harnesses the power of science and innovation for health
WHO promotes science for health, shape global health research agendas, and provides evidence-based guidance
WHO / Pierre Albouy
Dr Jeremy Farrar during a discussion on the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities and behavioural sciences for better health, during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on 29 May 2023.
Dr Jeremy Farrar during a discussion on the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities and behavioural sciences for better health, during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on 29 May 2023.
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Credits
76
years of science enshrined in WHO’s constitution
11 000
institutions linked through WHO’s public health library
80 million
downloads annually from WHO’s public health library
The Science Division helps WHO to give advice and provide service of the highest standard, to ensure the latest science can be incorporated into government policy and implemented by Member States. The division works on predicting trends with a focus on the future.
The pandemic made it clear that the core of health, economy and national security must be a strong base of science at country and regional levels.
Science is about seeking, generating, translating and sharing knowledge, the same tenets on which the World Health Organization was built.
Enshrined in the WHO Constitution as a core function of the Organization, is to promote science for health, to shape global health research agendas, and to provide evidence-based guidance to governments, health providers and professionals.
With the support of Member States, collaborations with partners and key public health stakeholders, this combined experience is vital in keeping the world safe from existing and emerging health threats. Creating the Science Division has been essential to consolidate and strengthen this core.
Charged with driving research and innovation to set the global health agenda, the Science Division helps WHO stay ahead of the curve while building trust and transparency.
The Science Division has a mandate to bring order to the multitude of research agendas across the Organization, ensuring a more systematic approach to research prioritization.
With the support of Member States, and collaborations with partners and key public health stakeholders, this combined experience is vital in keeping the world safe from existing and emerging health threats. The Division will continue to focus on increasing capacities at country and regional levels and ensuring continuous improvement.
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Return on investment
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An impactful Science Division brings more timely, reliable data to catalyze progress towards health targets and power global health to deliver faster.
Strengthening WHO’s Science Division to harness the power of science is an example of WHO delivering on WHO's Fourteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 14) corporate outcome 2, the timely delivery, expanded access and uptake of high-quality WHO normative, technical and data products enable impact at country level.
Funding the future
The work of WHO’s Science Division to shape global health research agendas and to provide evidence-based guidance to Member States is not possible without funding.
To continue to support initiatives like this, WHO needs sustainable financing, that is, predictable, flexible and resilient. This will allow WHO to have the greatest impact where it is needed most. Please support the WHO Investment Round.
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