World Health Organization: Timeline

1948   The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations United Nations

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1993   The WHO World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations [i], acting as a coordinati ... 

 declares tuberculosis Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease [i] caused by the bacterium [i] Mycobacterium tuberculosis [i]' ... 

 a Global Emergency.

2003   An American businessman is admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam with the first identified case of SARS. WHO World Health Organization

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 doctor Carlo Urbani Carlo Urbani

Carlo Urbani was an Italian [i] physician [i] and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome [i] ... 

 reports the unusual highly contagious disease to WHO. Both the businessman and the doctor later die of the disease.

2003   The WHO World Health Organization

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 issues a global alert on SARS.