184 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The World Health Organization (WHO), as the United Nations specialized agency for health, has been at the centre of international health cooperation for over sixty years. With origins dating from the nineteenth century, WHO’s mandate is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health. The huge challenge of fulfilling this objective has not only required high-level technical... Read more
Introduction 1. Creation of the World Health Organization 2. Structure and functions 3. Global campaigns against disease 4. Tackling the broad determinants of health 5. From international to global health
Biography
Kelley Lee is Reader in Global Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and the implications for global governance. Her books include Globalization and Health: An Introduction (2003) and Global Change and Health (2005).
