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International Health: A Journey Through History and Development

Explore the evolution of international health initiatives from the First International Sanitary Conference in 1851 to the birth of the WHO in 1948. Discover the objectives, structure, and key functions of the WHO, as well as its collaborations with other organizations and agencies worldwide.

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International Health: A Journey Through History and Development

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  1. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH KEERTI BHUSAN PRADHAN keerti@aravind.org

  2. Nothing on earth is more International than Disease Quarantine-Failed

  3. History and Development • First International Sanitary Conference (1851) • Pan American Sanitary Bureau (1902) • Office International D’Hygiene Publique (1907) • The Health Organisation of the League of Nations (1923) • The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1943)

  4. Birth of the WHO • April 1945 • 7th April 1948-Formal Existance • World Health Day-7th April • Specific theme each year Objective: The attainment by all peoples of the highest level of health

  5. Work of WHO • Constitutional Function: Act as the directing and coordinating authority on all International health work • Prevention and Control of specific Diseases • Development of Comprehensive Health Services • Family Health • Environmental Health

  6. Health Statistics • Bio-Medical Research • Health Literature and Information • Cooperation with Other Organization

  7. Structure • World Health Assembly • The Executive Board • The Secretariat

  8. Regions • South East Asia-New Delhi • Africa-Harare (Zimbabwe) • The Americas-Washington D C (USA) • Europe-Copenhagen (Denmark) • Eastern Mediterranean-Alexandria (Egypt) • Western Pacific-Manila (Philippines) SEARO: (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand)

  9. LEE Jong-wookDirector General WHO

  10. Other United Nations Agencies • UNICEF • UNDP • UNFPA • FAO • ILO • WORLD BANK

  11. Bilateral Agencies • USAID • SIDA • DANIDA

  12. Other INGOs • Rockefeller Foundation • Ford Foundation • CARE • International Red Cross

  13. Websites • www.who.int • www.whosea.org • www.usaid.org • www.fordfound.org • www.dfidindia.org • www.whoindia.org • www.careindia.org

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