The WHO Country Office in Poland was established in 1992 in Warsaw. It serves as the focal point for WHO activities in Poland.
The country team consists of two staff members and focuses on the fields of public health, health care systems, tobacco control, noncommunicable diseases, and environment and health.ysicians.
EUROPEAN UNION
Capital: Warsaw
Geographical size: 312.679 km2
Population: 38.495.659 (2014)
Population as % of total EU population: 7,6 % (2014)
GDP: € 389.695 billion (2012)
Official EU language(s): Polish
Political system: Parliamentary Republic
EU member country since: 1 May 2004
Seats in the European Parliament: 51
Currency: Polish zloty PLN
Schengen area member? Yes, Schengen Area member since 21 December 2007
Presidency of the Council: Poland has held the revolving presidency of the Council of the EU once in 2011
| Total population (2013) | 38.217.000 |
| Gross national income per capita (PPP international $, 2013) | 22.300 |
| Life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2012) | 73/81 |
| Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births, 0) | not available |
| Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2012) | 186/70 |
| Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2012) | 1.489 |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2012) | 6,7 % |