"February 2008 - WWHearing obtained the funds required and appointed Dr Young-Ah Ku, from the Republic of Korea. She has now been seconded to the team for Prevention of Blindness and Deafness at WHO HQ, where she will take over responsibility for WHO activities for prevention of deafness and hearing impairment.   Know More... WWHearing is an initiative founded in 2003 by members of concerned organisations. In 2006, WWHearing became a charitable association in Switzerland and signed a Project Collaboration Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO). Its mission is to promote and enable better hearing worldwide through the provision of affordable hearing aids and services. You can discover more under Who We Are and What We Do. Under News you can find information about recent activities of WWHearing, and under Documents you can find WHO guidelines on hearing aids and services to fit them and follow-up, WWHearing strategic plan and other administrative and technical documents, and soon the updated WWH business plan. Sections on human interest stories, resources for hearing health professionals, and research are under Development Know More...