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World Health Organisation en · PROPN

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1. Non-Oxford British spelling of World Health Organization.
   • The first ever African director general of the World Health Organisation assumes office on Saturday. 2017 July 1, Mukesh Kapila, “Six jobs the new World Health Organisation leader should prioritise”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2017:
   • Scotland’s chief medical officer has said he is “anxious” about the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and what it could mean for disease surveillance. 2025 June 3, Neil Pooran, “Chief medical officer ‘anxious’ about US leaving World Health Organisation”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2025:
   • Britain has weeks to escape new powers allowing the World Health Organisation to recommend imposing lockdowns in future pandemics, a group of MPs and peers has warned. 2025 April 20, Tony Diver, “UK in race to opt out of WHO lockdown powers”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2025:

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