Mental health in old age. A model for concerted action by WHO and university hospitals.

Very little of WHO's work is done by the Organization alone. Much of it takes the form of coordination and collaboration in which WHO acts in partnership with governments, institutions-both governmental and nongovernmental-and individual scientists and other workers in the field of health. As the following article shows, collaboration with a university hospital department enriches both partners and extends WHO's sphere of action beyond what the Organization, with its limited budget and staff, could accomplish on its own. Most important, this fruitful collaboration yields a harvest of practical knowledge that can be shared with all of WHO's Member States.