The World Medical Association (WMA) is an international and independent confederation of free professional medical associations, therefore representing physicians worldwide. WMA was formally established on September 18, 1947 and has grown in 2018 to 113 national medical associations and more than 10 million physicians.
The WMA provides a forum for its member associations to communicate freely, to co-operate actively, to achieve consensus on high standards of medical ethics and professional competence and to promote the professional freedom of physicians worldwide. With this unique partnership, WMA aims to facilitate high-caliber, humane care to patients in a healthy environment, enhancing the quality of life for all people in the world.
The WMA is active in several areas of actions like Advocacy, ethics, health system, human rights, Public health and many more.
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- Founded : 18 September 1947
- Location : Ferney-Voltaire, France
- Members : 112 Constituent Members and 1013 Associate Members (2018)
- Website : www.wma.net
The central objective of the World Medical Association (WMA) has been to establish and promote the highest possible standards of ethical behavior and care by physicians. The WMA has adopted global policy statements on a range of ethical issues related to medical professionalism, patient care, research on human subjects and public health. The WMA Council and its standing committees regularly review and update existing policies and continually develop new policy on emerging ethical issues.
The WMA serves as a clearinghouse of ethics information resources for its members. To achieve this goal, the WMA cooperates with academic institutions, global organizations, and individual experts in the field of medical ethics.
The WMA has adopted numerous policies that are recognized internationally as the global ethical standard for the topics they address. The Declaration of Geneva, Declaration of Helsinki, Declaration of Tokyo, and Declaration of Taipei are some of the most ethical policies of WMA.
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