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» One of the most famous international associations is the World Health Organization, the health agency of the United Nations. It believes that health is one of the main human rights for all people. The agency operates many programmes for giving the best possible health care for everyone, especially citizens of developing countries.
• In the mid-1900s, most people did not live more than 50 years. Today, people live for about 65 years on average, according to the World Health Organization.
• The oldest hospital still working is the Hotel Dieu in Paris founded during the AD 600s.
• There are about 35 million disabled people in the United States.
• In the United States, over 90,000 people die every year as a result of accidents. About one-third of all accidental injuries happen in the home. Home accidents are second only after road accidents in which people die.
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