Bulletin of the Health Organization, League of Nations. Vol. XII, No. 1, 1945-46

[The League of Nations Health Organization and the rise of Latin American participation, 1920-40].

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 repo...

Structure of human immunoglobulins: myeloma proteins as analogues of antibody.

Vol. 1 400 p., 38 fig., 1939 (first edition) XXIV + 400 p., 38 fig., 1966 (second edition) Vol. 2 VIII + 356 p., 50 fig., 37 tab., 1949 Vol. 3 VIII -F 572 p., 82 fig., 61 tab., 1 cpl., 1952 Vol. 4 VIII + 520 p., 149 fig., 63 tab., 1954 Vol. 5 XI + 508 p., 103 fig., 6 tab., 1958 Vol. 6 XII + 600 p., 78 fig., 38 tab., 1962 Vol. 7 XII + 334 p., 46 fig., 42 tab., 1963 Vol. 8 X + 261 p., 35 fig., 32...

Epidemiological experience in the mission of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in Namibia.

Epidemiological data have rarely been generated during United Nations (UN) missions to Third World countries, even in situations where there is hardly any combat involvement. Continuous surveillance was therefore carried out during the 12-month stay of UN personnel in Namibia in 1989-90. In this population of 7114 persons, mostly young men, the mortality rate was 255 per 100,000; death was main...

WHO at 60: Snapshots from its first six decades.

American Journal of Public Health | April 2008, Vol 98, No. 4 630 | Images of Health | Fee et al. WHEN WE THINK OF THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO), a number of dramatic moments and milestones leap to mind: the launching of the new international health organization in 1948 with the stirring preamble to its constitution; the visionary Alma Ata Declaration of 1978; the announcement in 1980 of ...

UN calls for international debate on road safety crisis.