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	===International Democratic Union===		===International Democratic Union===
	*World Health Authority, [[International Democratic Union\|IDU]] Regional HQ; [[Sanctus]], [[Sanctaria]]		*World Health Authority, [[International Democratic Union\|IDU]] Regional HQ; [[Sanctus]], [[Sanctaria]]
			*WACBA, BIO/BEO, and WMC Office for East [[Hesperida]], WHA Office for Haesan; [[Levesque]], [[Haesan]]

	==References==		==References==

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 The World Health Authority was originally intended as a replacement for the defunct [[United Nations]] Center for Disease Prevention and Control, which had ceased to exist upon the collapse of the United Nations, and indeed has the very same similar aims. However, later delegations built upon this basic foundation and added more responsibilities, such as biomedical education and innovation, and regulation for animal experimentation among others.

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	The World Health Authority was established upon the passage of [[General Assembly Resolution #31]] on 06 January 2009. Proposed by the delegation from the nation of [[Belarum]], it followed a number of resolutions concerned with the health and wellbeing of people within World Assembly member states, including on topics such as the coordination of relief aid<ref>GA#5</ref>, the transportation of medical aid and supplies<ref>GA#6</ref>, and regulations on the treatment of the ill in member states' territory<ref>GA#29</ref>.		The World Health Authority was established upon the passage of [[General Assembly Resolution #31]] on 06 January 2009. Proposed by the delegation from the nation of [[Belarum]], it followed a number of resolutions concerned with the health and wellbeing of people within World Assembly member states, including on topics such as the coordination of relief aid<ref>GA#5</ref>, the transportation of medical aid and supplies<ref>GA#6</ref>, and regulations on the treatment of the ill in member states' territory<ref>GA#29</ref>.

	{{Infobox WA resolution		The WHA was originally tasked with a very limited and defined mission, namely:
			*to identify, assess, and communicate current and emerging threats to global health;
			*to actively research treatment, cures, and preventative measures concerning threats to global health; and,
			*to coordinate efforts between WA member states in preventing and controlling serious health concerns.{{Infobox WA resolution
	\| number = 31		\| number = 31
	\| organ = GA		\| organ = GA
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	}}~~The WHA was originally tasked with a very limited and defined mission, namely:~~		}}
	*to identify, assess, and communicate current and emerging threats to global health;
	*to actively research treatment, cures, and preventative measures concerning threats to global health; and,
	*to coordinate efforts between WA member states in preventing and controlling serious health concerns.

	The World Health Authority was originally intended as a replacement for the defunct [[United Nations]] Center for Disease Prevention and Control, which had ceased to exist upon the collapse of the United Nations, and indeed has the very same similar aims. However, later delegations built upon this basic foundation and added more responsibilities, such as biomedical education and innovation, and regulation for animal experimentation among others.		The World Health Authority was originally intended as a replacement for the defunct [[United Nations]] Center for Disease Prevention and Control, which had ceased to exist upon the collapse of the United Nations, and indeed has the very same similar aims. However, later delegations built upon this basic foundation and added more responsibilities, such as biomedical education and innovation, and regulation for animal experimentation among others.

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	==Offices and headquarters==		==Offices and headquarters==
			The headquarters of the World Health Authority are located in World Assembly Headquarters in sovereign World Assembly territory. The agency, however, maintains offices in most member nations, however, in order to comply with section IV of GA#31. Some of those offices include:

			===International Democratic Union===
			*World Health Authority, [[International Democratic Union\|IDU]] Regional HQ; [[Sanctus]], [[Sanctaria]]

	==References==		==References==

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	==Activities==		==Activities==
			The original primary activities of the World Health Authority were to take the lead on emerging global health threats, including researching treatment and cures to combat such threats. Further resolutions added considerably more duties to the WHA, with the result that the agency is one of the largest ran by the World Assembly, funded by the General Accounting Office's General Fund. The WHA has a number of legislatively established child agencies or departments to help it in its duties.

			Responsibilities tasked specifically to the World Health Authority, and not to any department or child agency include, but are not limited to:
			*Buying and distributing life saving medicines and vaccines, including those at high-cost;
			*Determining whether and when to suspend patents held, where the epidemiological situation demands expeditious distribution of items held under those patents;
			*Assisting governments of member nations in regulating and, where necessary, funding their national health services;
			*Ensuring medical supplies and professionals are safely transported to nations that may be currently undergoing a blockade;
			*Investigate causes of poor sanitation in member nations, and fund initiatives or work with governments of member nations to resolve those causes;
			*Be present at nuclear tests to monitor effects of such tests to investigate how the health of citizens exposed in real world situations may be affected;
			*Assisting member states in the education of their populace on sexual health, particularly reproduction, and disease that may be transmitted in this manner;
			*Regulation of abortions, abortifacients, and contraceptives available to ensure their safety and efficacy.

			The World Health Authority maintains one of the largest staff of any World Assembly agency to ensure its duties are carried out according to World Assembly law.

	===Health Research & Development Division===		===Health Research & Development Division===

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	===Health Research & Development Division===		===Health Research & Development Division===
			The '''Health Research and Development Division''' of the World Health Authority is tasked by [[General Assembly Resolution #41]] with the research and development of cures and/or vaccines for diseases that effect, in particular, emergent nations who do not have the capabilities to develop and produce vaccines themselves. WHA staff in this Division also set the standards by which such vaccines are produced, as well as the method and logistics for their distribution.

			[[General Assembly Resolution #103]] also gives extra duties to the Health Research and Development Division of the WHA with responsibility for funding medical professionals and institutions in World Assembly member states to investigate the long-term effects and efficacy of medication therapies.

	===Epidemic and Pandemic response===		===Epidemic and Pandemic response===

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 ===Biomedical tissue research===

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	===Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Center===		===Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Center===

	===Biomedical research===		===Biomedical tissue research===
			Since 27 September 2012, and the adoption of [[General Assembly Resolution #219]], the World Health Authority has been responsible for the '''Biomedical Innovation Organisation''', and the '''Biomedical Education Organisation'''.{{Infobox WA resolution
			\| number = 219
			\| organ = GA
			\| date = 27 September
			\| year = 2012
			\| code = [[General Assembly Resolution #219\|GA#219]]
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			\| for = 8,850
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			\| against = 1,130
			\| title = Biomedical Innovation Org
			\| result = Adopted
			\| status = Extant
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			Via the Biomedical Innovation Organisation, or '''BIO''', the WHA conducts research into, and where achievable develops, new testing regimes into biomedical tissues (i.e. viable organs, blood, and/or stem cells), that allow healthcare setting identify diseases or other defects with those biomedical tissues prior to transplantation. The BIO also has a regulatory function with regards to the application for patents for new biomedical innovations, and coordinates international research with biomedical tissue treatments, such as stem cell treatments, before disseminating information from those studies to member nations.

			Prior to its repeal, [[General Assembly Resolution #420]] mandated the BIO to regulate all biomedical research which it defined as "the fields of research investigating the causes of disease, disease prevention, treatment, and the mitigation or elimination of medical conditions including, but not limited to: Cancer, Paraplegia, and Motor Neuron Disease". It went on to further task the BIO with developing ethical standards for biomedical research, and to serve as an advisory institute for the many medical ethics councils located in the various member nations. The BIO was released of these particular duties when GA#420 was later repealed.

			GA#219 also established the Biomedical Education Organisation ('''BEO''') as a sister-agency to the BIO within the World Health Authority. The tasks associated with this child-agency, include the WHA being mandated to develop education programmes highlighting the benefits of treatment using biomedical tissue, as well as developing information campaigns designed to encourage people to to donate their own biomedical tissues to healthcare and science for treatment or research, respectively.

	===Commission on Biological Agents===		===Commission on Biological Agents===
	The World Health Authority also ensures that civilians impacted by the usage and dispersal of biological agents receive the necessary treatment and assistance required as per [[General Assembly Resolution #242]]. The resolution also mandated that a World Assembly Commission on Biological Agents, or WACBA, be set up within the WHA to execute this task. The WHA is also, through WACBA, responsible for assisting member nations create and implement biosecurity protocol and defences to help ensure the safety of their populace.		The World Health Authority also ensures that civilians impacted by the usage and dispersal of biological agents receive the necessary treatment and assistance required as per [[General Assembly Resolution #242]]. The resolution also mandated that a '''World Assembly Commission on Biological Agents''', or '''WACBA''', be set up within the WHA to execute this task. The WHA is also, through WACBA, responsible for assisting member nations create and implement biosecurity protocol and defences to help ensure the safety of their populace.

	This remit was expanded with [[General Assembly Resolution #382]]. The ''Environmental Warfare Act'' empowers WACBA to aid civilian populations in "mitigat[ing] and revers[ing]" incidents of environmental warfare, which the resolution defines as "the intentional introduction of an invasive species into a foreign ecosystem for purposes of damaging it", and to also educate member states on the identification of invasive species.		This remit was expanded with [[General Assembly Resolution #382]]. The ''Environmental Warfare Act'' empowers WACBA to aid civilian populations in "mitigat[ing] and revers[ing]" incidents of environmental warfare, which the resolution defines as "the intentional introduction of an invasive species into a foreign ecosystem for purposes of damaging it", and to also educate member states on the identification of invasive species.
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	In addition to its other duties and activities, the World Health Authority was further tasked with the monitoring of antibiotic and antimicrobial-resistant diseases with the adoption of [[General Assembly Resolution #333]] on 03 July 2015.		In addition to its other duties and activities, the World Health Authority was further tasked with the monitoring of antibiotic and antimicrobial-resistant diseases with the adoption of [[General Assembly Resolution #333]] on 03 July 2015.

	An Antimicrobial Resistance Workgroup was also established in the WHA under the conditions of GA#333, primarily responsible for the coordination of information surrounding antimicrobial resistance between World Assembly member states, as well as evaluation member nations' individual proposed response to further development and spread of such diseases in their jurisdictions.		An '''Antimicrobial Resistance Workgroup''' was also established in the WHA under the conditions of GA#333, primarily responsible for the coordination of information surrounding antimicrobial resistance between World Assembly member states, as well as evaluation member nations' individual proposed response to further development and spread of such diseases in their jurisdictions.

	===Animal Experimentation Board===		===Animal Experimentation Board===
	The World Health Authority Animal Experimentation Board, or AEB, was created on 26 May 2020 with the passage of [[General Assembly Resolution #489]] to regulate and restrict the usage of animal experimentation in scientific research or product development. The resolution also explicitly tasks the AEB with working to identify alternatives to animal research, giving the body a scientific function rather than a solely regulatory or administrative one.		The '''World Health Authority Animal Experimentation Board''', or '''AEB''', was created on 26 May 2020 with the passage of [[General Assembly Resolution #489]] to regulate and restrict the usage of animal experimentation in scientific research or product development. The resolution also explicitly tasks the AEB with working to identify alternatives to animal research, giving the body a scientific function rather than a solely regulatory or administrative one.

	In addition to its supervisory and research duties, the AEB is also tasked with referring institutions who do not comply with the resolution to the [[World Assembly Compliance Commission]]; all institutions or companies that use animal research in line with the provisions of the resolution are required to report such instances of animal use to the AEB, who then makes an initial determination as to whether or not the resolution was complied with.		In addition to its supervisory and research duties, the AEB is also tasked with referring institutions who do not comply with the resolution to the [[World Assembly Compliance Commission]]; all institutions or companies that use animal research in line with the provisions of the resolution are required to report such instances of animal use to the AEB, who then makes an initial determination as to whether or not the resolution was complied with.

	===World Medications Council===		===World Medications Council===
	[[General Assembly Resolution #582]] established the World Medications Council (WMC) under the auspices of the WHA on 31 October 2021. Via this child agency, the WHA was tasked with the mission of improving access to safe, cost-effective, and efficacious medicine in all member nations. This resolution tasked the WMC with creating and maintaining an Effective Medications List; essentially, amongst other things, compiling a list of medicines, their use and prescription properties (including dosage), and their cost points to disseminate to member nations.		[[General Assembly Resolution #582]] established the '''World Medications Council''' ('''WMC''') under the auspices of the WHA on 31 October 2021. Via this child agency, the WHA was tasked with the mission of improving access to safe, cost-effective, and efficacious medicine in all member nations. This resolution tasked the WMC with creating and maintaining an Effective Medications List; essentially, amongst other things, compiling a list of medicines, their use and prescription properties (including dosage), and their cost points to disseminate to member nations.

	The WHA was also, through the WMC, tasked with assessing the safety and efficacy of all medicines, current and future, making it the international agency responsible for the regulation and supervision of the use and distribution of therapeutic and pharmaceutical products in all member states.		The WHA was also, through the WMC, tasked with assessing the safety and efficacy of all medicines, current and future, making it the international agency responsible for the regulation and supervision of the use and distribution of therapeutic and pharmaceutical products in all member states.

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	===Commission on Biological Agents===		===Commission on Biological Agents===
			The World Health Authority also ensures that civilians impacted by the usage and dispersal of biological agents receive the necessary treatment and assistance required as per [[General Assembly Resolution #242]]. The resolution also mandated that a World Assembly Commission on Biological Agents, or WACBA, be set up within the WHA to execute this task. The WHA is also, through WACBA, responsible for assisting member nations create and implement biosecurity protocol and defences to help ensure the safety of their populace.

	===Antimicrobial Resistance ~~Workgroup~~===		This remit was expanded with [[General Assembly Resolution #382]]. The ''Environmental Warfare Act'' empowers WACBA to aid civilian populations in "mitigat[ing] and revers[ing]" incidents of environmental warfare, which the resolution defines as "the intentional introduction of an invasive species into a foreign ecosystem for purposes of damaging it", and to also educate member states on the identification of invasive species.

			===Antimicrobial Resistance===
	In addition to its other duties and activities, the World Health Authority was further tasked with the monitoring of antibiotic and antimicrobial-resistant diseases with the adoption of [[General Assembly Resolution #333]] on 03 July 2015.		In addition to its other duties and activities, the World Health Authority was further tasked with the monitoring of antibiotic and antimicrobial-resistant diseases with the adoption of [[General Assembly Resolution #333]] on 03 July 2015.

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	===Antimicrobial Resistance Workgroup===		===Antimicrobial Resistance Workgroup===
			In addition to its other duties and activities, the World Health Authority was further tasked with the monitoring of antibiotic and antimicrobial-resistant diseases with the adoption of [[General Assembly Resolution #333]] on 03 July 2015.

			An Antimicrobial Resistance Workgroup was also established in the WHA under the conditions of GA#333, primarily responsible for the coordination of information surrounding antimicrobial resistance between World Assembly member states, as well as evaluation member nations' individual proposed response to further development and spread of such diseases in their jurisdictions.

	===Animal Experimentation Board===		===Animal Experimentation Board===