Editing World Health Organization (section)

====Health policy====
WHO addresses government [[health policy]] with two aims: firstly, "to address the underlying social and economic determinants of health through policies and programmes that enhance health equity and integrate pro-poor, gender-responsive, and human rights-based approaches" and secondly "to promote a healthier environment, intensify primary prevention and influence public policies in all sectors so as to address the root causes of environmental threats to health".<ref name="WHO" />{{rp|61–65}}

The organization develops and promotes the use of evidence-based tools, norms and standards to support member states to inform [[health policy]] options. It oversees the implementation of the [[International Health Regulations]], and publishes a series of [[medical classification]]s; of these, three are over-reaching "reference classifications": the [[International Statistical Classification of Diseases]] (ICD), the [[International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health]] (ICF) and the [[International Classification of Health Interventions]] (ICHI).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/classifications/en/FamilyDocument2007.pdf |title=Family of International Classifications: definition, scope and purpose |publisher=WHO |year=2007 |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318230124/http://www.who.int/classifications/en/FamilyDocument2007.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other international policy frameworks produced by WHO include the [[International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes]] (adopted in 1981),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/9241541601/en/ |title=International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes |publisher=WHO |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302093154/http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/9241541601/en/ |archive-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Framework Convention on Tobacco Control]] (adopted in 2003)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/fctc/about/en/index.html |title=About the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |publisher=WHO |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219111054/http://www.who.int/fctc/about/en/index.html |archive-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Health Human Resources#Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel|Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel]] (adopted in 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/hrh/migration/code/WHO_global_code_of_practice_EN.pdf |title=WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel |publisher=WHO |year=2010 |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617072645/http://www.who.int/hrh/migration/code/WHO_global_code_of_practice_EN.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines]] and its [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children|pediatric counterpart]]. An international convention on pandemic prevention and preparedness is being actively considered.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gostin|first1=Lawrence O.|last2=Halabi|first2=Sam F.|last3=Klock|first3=Kevin A.|date=15 September 2021|title=An International Agreement on Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness|journal=JAMA|volume=326|issue=13|pages=1257–1258|language=en|doi=10.1001/jama.2021.16104|pmid=34524388|issn=0098-7484|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In terms of health services, WHO looks to improve "governance, financing, staffing and management" and the availability and quality of evidence and research to guide policy. It also strives to "ensure improved access, quality and use of medical products and technologies".<ref name="WHO" />{{rp|72–83}} WHO – working with donor agencies and national governments – can improve their reporting about use of research evidence.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hoffman SJ, Lavis JN, Bennett S | year = 2009 | title = The Use of Research Evidence in Two International Organizations' Recommendations about Health Systems | journal = Healthcare Policy | volume = 5 | issue = 1| pages = 66–86 | doi = 10.12927/hcpol.2009.21005 | pmid = 20676252 | pmc = 2732656 | doi-access = free }}</ref>