The objective of the World Health Organisation is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible levels of health, this being defined in the organizations constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of infirmity or disease. 192 member states govern the WHO through representatives in the World Health Assembly, a body whose primary functions are to approve the health organizations biannual budget and program. ... In 1980 the WHO targeted leprosy, which affected approximately 12million people worldwide. ...

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