Health Organization of the League of Nations

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The Health Organization of the League of Nations was the League’s specialized body for international public health cooperation, disease control, and the development of global health standards in the interwar period.

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instanceOf League of Nations specialized agency
intergovernmental organization body
international health organization
aim development of international health regulations
improvement of national health administrations
international cooperation in public health
prevention and control of epidemic diseases
standardization of health statistics
appliedMethod collection and dissemination of international health statistics
expert technical commissions
field investigations in member countries
international conferences on health
appliesToJurisdiction member states of the League of Nations
archivesAt United Nations Archives Geneva
surface form: United Nations Office at Geneva archives
cooperatedWith International Labour Organization
Office international d’hygiène publique
Rockefeller Foundation
dissolved 1946
field disease control
epidemiology
health policy
health statistics
international health cooperation
public health
followed earlier international sanitary conferences
hasPart Eastern Bureau at Singapore
Epidemic Intelligence Service
surface form: Epidemiological Intelligence Service

Health Organization of the League of Nations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Health Committee of the League of Nations

Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations
surface form: Health Section of the League of Nations Secretariat
headquartersLocation Geneva
Switzerland
historicalPeriod between World War I and World War II
inception 1923
influenced constitution of the World Health Organization
post‑1945 international health system
locationOfFormation Geneva
notableWork creation of regional epidemiological bureaus
development of international sanitary conventions
international epidemiological reporting system
standardization of disease nomenclature and statistics
studies on malaria control
studies on nutrition and public health
studies on tuberculosis control
technical missions to assist national health services
parentOrganization League of Nations
partOf League of Nations
replacedBy World Health Organization
workPeriod interwar period

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Ludwik Rajchman employedBy Health Organization of the League of Nations
Ludwik Rajchman memberOf Health Organization of the League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations Health Organization
Alice Hamilton memberOf Health Organization of the League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations Health Committee (expert roles and advisory work)
League of Nations committee structure hasNotableCommittee Health Organization of the League of Nations
Health Organization of the League of Nations hasPart Health Organization of the League of Nations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Health Committee of the League of Nations