Question

Guess the organization’s name from the logo?

Answer 1

Hint: The staff with the snake surrounding it is a symbol for organizations that are related to the medical field. The story behind this logo originates from the legend of Asclepius, who is the Greek god of healing and he controls a cult which is involved in the use of snakes. Asclepius was a successful and beloved because he was the one who was saving lives among gods. Later, the legend goes, Hades the god of the underworld complained about him to the supreme god Zeus who, fearing that the healer might make humans immortal, killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt.

Complete answer: The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency under the United Nations which is in charge of the international public health. According to the constitution of WHO, there are multiple rules and principles that are established. Its main objective is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. The headquarters of WHO is in Geneva, Switzerland and six semi-autonomous regional offices and another 150 field offices are located worldwide.
The WHO organization was established on 7 April 1948 under a written constitution and that day is celebrated as World Health Day. The first meeting of the governing body known as World Health took place on 24 July 1948 . The WHO logo is restricted to institutions that are in association with the organization and only in conjunction with the work that they are undertaking for WHO. In addition to that, the WHO emblem or logo implies endorsement by WHO of the material it is used in conjunction with.

Note: The use of the WHO emblem is followed by the resolution provided from the First World Health Assembly. It states that "appropriate measures should be taken to prevent the use, without authorization by the Director-General, and in particular for commercial purposes by means of trade-marks or commercial labels, of the emblem, the official seal and the name of the World Health Organization, and of abbreviations of that name through the use of its initial letters". These rules are being followed by the member states that are 194 in number. They are not allowed to use the Organization’s name, emblem or logo to be used to promote specific companies, products or ideologies.