title: [The World Health Organization as a social institute].
abstract: The article presents the characteristics of functioning of The World Health Organization from the positions of its social significance. It is demonstrated that the main directions of WHO activities are related to the issues of public health, mortality, morbidity in different countries.
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration*