The World Health Organization (WHO), is one of the largest influences worldwide in the medical realm. As described on the WHO website; “WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends…” (About). The WHO has such a large job, it is understandable that a rare disease or two may slip away from their notice, and lose the funding they deserve. However, when petitions are sent, and attention is drawn to that ignored illness, and the WHO still chooses to disregard them, what ethical right do they have to choose one illness over another? Even if that illness is rare, it still causes pain, and it still affects people’s lives. It still matters. The ethical dilemma lies in whether or not they have the right to decide which illnesses are the most “important”, and which ones deserve their attention the most.The rare disease in mention above is called Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) please go to this link for more information on how you can help spread awareness for our children and teens with Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Disorders: http://www.tnnme.com/children--teens-with-tn.html