[The League of Nations Health Organization and the rise of Latin American participation, 1920-40].
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The League of Nations Health Organization collaborated with Latin American specialists in public health and infectious diseases from the early 1920s to the outbreak of the Second World War. The League developed studies of infant health and nutrition, and leprosy. The approach was expert-oriented, and designed to develop public health on a scientific basis. There were conferences, tours and reports in Latin America. This paper demonstrates that the Latin American collaboration with the Health Organization was extensive and multi-faceted.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos
دوره 13 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006