The United Nations establishes the World Health Organization in 1948.
The World Health Organization was established on April 7, 1948, when a twenty-sixth nation adopted its new constitution. Its foundation followed a period of debate and deliberation following World War II and the founding of the United Nations, of which it was a member.
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