The Third Ten Years of the World Health Organization: 1968-1978

Understanding the history of health during the past 60 years helps us to respond to the health challenges of today. Sharing health knowledge inspired by history enriches global public health and benefits society at large. With these basic principles in mind, the Global Health Histories initiative was established by WHO in late 2004, with the aim of making a number of valuable contributions to this field. This volume is the first publication within the initiative.Based almost exclusively on publications from that period, it offers insights into not only the Organization itself but also the political, social and economic background against which many far-reaching health decisions were made.This volume then, reflects the first five of the 'Mahler years', which saw growing support for the primary health care movement. Thirty years after Alma-Ata, that movement is once again much in evidence; primary health care is again a WHO priority, in a renewed, reinvigorated form. Understanding the history of health during the past 60 years helps us to respond to the health challenges of today. Sharing health knowledge inspired by history enriches global public health and benefits society at large. This volume offers insights into not only the Organization itself but also the political, social and economic background against which many far-reaching health decisions were made. It reflects the first five of the 'Mahler years', which saw growing support for the primary health care movement. Thirty years after Alma-Ata, that movement is once again much in evidence; primary health care is again a WHO priority, in a renewed, reinvigorated form.--Publisher's description. "Understanding the history of health during the past 60 years helps us to respond to the health challenges of today. Sharing health knowledge inspired by history enriches global public health and benefits society at large. This volume offers insights into not only the Organization itself but also the political, social and economic background against which many far-reaching health decisions were made. It reflects the first five of the 'Mahler years', which saw growing support for the primary health care movement. Thirty years after Alma-Ata, that movement is once again much in evidence; primary health care is again a WHO priority, in a renewed, reinvigorated form."--Résumé de l'éditeur Global political, socioeconomic and institutional context Governing bodies General programme development Regional trends Promotion and development of research Strengthening health services Family health Health manpower development Prevention and control of communicable diseases Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases Prophylactic, diagnostic and therapeutic substances Environmental health Health statistics Health and biomedical information Epilogue : Alma-Ata : The International Conference on Primary Health Care. Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Table of contents......Page 4 Foreword......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 CHAPTER 1......Page 14 CHAPTER 2......Page 32 CHAPTER 3......Page 48 CHAPTER 4......Page 66 CHAPTER 5......Page 96 CHAPTER 6......Page 126 CHAPTER 7......Page 146 CHAPTER 8......Page 185 CHAPTER 9......Page 201 CHAPTER 10......Page 239 CHAPTER 11......Page 267 CHAPTER 12......Page 281 CHAPTER 13......Page 301 CHAPTER 14......Page 311 EPILOGUE......Page 319 Index......Page 337