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Improving workplace productivity requires a holistic approach to employee health and well-being
Fostering a supportive work culture and holistic mental health initiatives can enhance employee health and well-being, productivity and performance.
The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established in 1948 with the objective of the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in its constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of illness or infirmity. It is governed by 192 Member States through the World Health Assembly, whose main tasks are to approve the World Health Organization programme and budget for the following two years and to decide major policy questions.