Additional International Institutions

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority on international health work that strives to bring the highest level of health to all peoples. For more information on the WHO, please go to: http://www.who.int/en/

Committees of the World Health Organization:

WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization
Recommendations of a WHO expert committee commissioned to coordinate a range of research and other activities needed to assure the purity, potency, safety and stability of biological products used in medicine.

WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
WHO's Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines carries out its work in the area of medicines and essential drugs at global, regional and country level. For more information, please go to: http://www.who.int/medicines/services/expertcommittees/
essentialmedicines/en/index.html

International Plasma Fractionation Association (IPFA)
The International Plasma Fractionation Association (IPFA) represents the not-for profit organizations from 13 countries around the world involved in plasma fractionation. IPFA's office is located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For more information, please go to: http://www.sanquin.nl/ipfa/ipfa.nsf/Web%20Body?OpenFrameSet&Frame=Body&Src=%2Fipfa%2Fipfa.nsf%2Fv-HomePage%2F%24first%3FOpenDocument%26AutoFramed