Book ID: CBB707811990

The World Health Organization: A History (2019)

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Cueto, Marcos (Author)
Brown, Theodore M. (Author)
Fee, Elizabeth (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 388
Language: English

According to its Constitution, the mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) was nothing less than the 'attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health' without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic status, or social condition. But how consistently and how well has the WHO pursued this mission since 1946? This comprehensive and engaging new history explores these questions by looking at its origins and its institutional antecedents, while also considering its contemporary and future roles. It examines how the WHO was shaped by the particular environments of the postwar period and the Cold War, the relative influence of the US and other approaches to healthcare, and its place alongside sometimes competing international bodies such as UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation. The authors re-evaluate the relative success and failure of critical WHO campaigns, from early malaria and smallpox eradication programs to struggles with Ebola today.

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Authors & Contributors
Cueto, Marcos
Bhattacharya, Sanjoy
Brown, Theodore M.
Carter, Jimmy
Farmer, Paul
Fee, Elizabeth
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Medical History
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Journal of Global History
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
Cambridge University Press
Hurst
McGill-Queen's University Press
University of California, Davis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Concepts
Public health
Medicine and society
Health care
Prevention and control of disease
Medicine and politics
Malaria
People
McNamara, Robert Strange
Foege, William H.
Salk, Jonas Edward
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
Africa
Canada
Sierra Leone
Brazil
India
Korea
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Bank
United Nations
UNICEF
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Toronto
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