World Anti-Doping Agency

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is a private Swiss law foundation, founded in 1999, responsible for ensuring fair competition in sports around the world. Its mission is to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against doping in all its forms. The WADA Code provides the basic framework for the agency's work, that is, “to protect the athlete's fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and thus promote health, fairness, and equality for athletes worldwide.” The objectives of the agency are to preserve the integrity ...