evidence: Key Facts - The World Health Organization (WHO), founded in 1948, is a specialized agency of the United Nations with a broad mandate to act as a coordinating authority on international health issues, including helping countries mount responses to public health emergencies such as COVID-19. [...] For example, the U.S. CDC activities support centres such as the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Monitoring of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents (https://apps.who.int/whocc/Detail.aspx?mDXUc+J7YSsPRDN4ElrZNw==), the WHO Collaborating Centre for Injury Control (https://apps.who.int/whocc/Detail.aspx?XidWfagjyJM57zUuxiHDVg==). (https://apps.who.int/whocc/Detail.aspx?xIVob4SPT2jc+ZYjM7fcSQ==) and the WHO Centre for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Influenza (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/who-collaboration.htm). CDC. Global Health Partnerships. https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/partnerships/.