Overview
The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to making information about its activities available to the public. WHO considers public access to information a key component of effective engagement with all stakeholders, including WHO s Member States and the public, in the fulfilment of its mandate. Public access to WHO information facilitates transparency and accountability and enhances trust in WHO s activities to further public health.
This Information Disclosure Policy encapsulates WHO s existing rules, policies and practices regarding information disclosure. It provides necessary changes to, and supersedes and replaces, the previous version of the Information Disclosure Policy, issued in March 2017.
