The World Health Organization : a history / Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee. [electro...
The World Health Organization : a history / Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee. [electro...
The World Health Organization : a history / Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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English
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1 online resource (xvi, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content type
text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
The making of an international health establishment -- The birth of the World Health Organization, 1945--1948 -- The start-up years 1948--1955 -- The Cold War and eradication -- Overcoming the warming of the Cold War : smallpox eradication -- The transition from "family planning" to "sexual and repr...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
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?...
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The World Health Organization : a history / Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee. [electronic resource]
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Global health histories
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2019).
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74VKaz0zdDQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0zdDQd
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ISBN
1-108-69287-7
1-108-62647-5
1-108-59926-5
DDC
362.1
MMS ID
991024402496902626
