Human Genetics programme

WHA/EB documentation on genetics

Since the years 1950, WHO Member States have consistently expressed their concern and interest in genetics and genomic technologies as well as in the ethical, legal and social implications they raise. The World Health Assembly /Executive Board (WHA/EB) database facilitates easy access to all the official documentation from the World Health Assembly (WHA) as well as the Executive Board (EB) that have addressed genetics in the context of noncommunicable and communicable diseases, bioethics, research and biotechnology, and the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) Genomics and world health report.

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