World Medical Association

About the company — what it is, where it operates, nature of its activities. The World Medical Association (WMA) is an international organization uniting physicians from around the world. Its headquarters is located in Cologne, Germany. WMA focuses on promoting medical ethics, patient rights, and healthcare standards globally. Services and specializations — specific services/treatments/specializations listed on the website. WMA does not offer direct medical services or treatments. Instead, the organization focuses on the following areas of activity:

• Medical Ethics: WMA develops and promotes ethical codes for physicians, such as the Geneva Declaration, the Helsinki Declaration, the Tokyo Declaration, and the Taipei Declaration.
• Human Rights: The organization advocates for the protection of the rights of patients and physicians, including the right to health, support for physicians in difficult situations, prevention of torture, and promoting equality in healthcare.
• Public Health: WMA is engaged in public health issues, such as non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, climate change, chemicals, environmental health, and social factors affecting health.
• Health Systems: The organization works to improve healthcare systems worldwide, including the "Caring Physicians of the World" initiative.
• Campaigns: WMA conducts various campaigns, such as combating influenza, protecting healthcare in crisis situations, and the African Forum project.
• Educational Resources: WMA offers educational materials, such as CME (Continuing Medical Education) courses, medical ethics textbooks, leadership courses for physicians, and training in ethical assessment of scientific research.
• Policy: The organization develops and updates policies regarding various aspects of healthcare, including WMA Council resolutions and archived policy documents.
• Publications: WMA publishes materials such as the "World Medical Journal", medical ethics textbooks, WMA annual reports, background documents, and toolkits.