title: [The use of Arabic in the World Health Organization. Part Two].
abstract: In part one of this paper we discussed the use of Arabic as an official and working language in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office and WHO Headquarters. We reviewed the arrangements made to rationalize the Arabic activities in WHO, the development of an authentic Arabic version of the WHO constitution, the impact of WHO restructuring on the Arabic programme and the establishment of the Arab Centre for Medical Literature in Kuwait. In this part we address the developments in Arabic medical terminology, the establishment of the Regional Arabic Programme and the unified WHO Programme of Arabic publications, and last but not least, the production of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal in English, French and Arabic.
authors.affiliation: Office of Languages, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aly
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D008877:Middle East; D019303:Multilingualism; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000458:organization & administration; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014175:Translating; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration*