Which of the following pairs of WHO regional offices and their headquarters locations is INCORRECT?
- A African Regional Office : Nairobi ✓
- B Western Pacific Regional Office : Manila
- C Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office : Cairo
- D South-East Asia Regional Office : New Delhi
Correct answer: A. African Regional Office : Nairobi
Explanation
WHO has six regional offices. AFRO, the African Regional Office, is headquartered in Brazzaville (Congo), not Nairobi. SEARO is in New Delhi, WPRO in Manila, EMRO in Cairo, EURO in Copenhagen and PAHO in Washington DC. Questions on regional office cities recur regularly in Indian postgraduate exams because they test simple factual recall of international health organization geography.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.
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