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The role of the World Health Organization

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The need for concerted global health collaboration predated the foundation of the World Health Organization (WHO). With the emergence of international trading and travel in the 1800s, deadly cholera epidemics necessitated a mechanism of international cooperation for disease prevention and control. Conferences such as the International Sanitary Convention in Paris in 1851 were examples of initial collaborative efforts to manage disease that crossed international borders. At the end of World Wa...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1177/17557380221139313

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Oxford college:
Christ Church
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1919-5189
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Oxford college:
Jesus College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-1628-1981
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Journal:
InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice More from this journal
Volume:
16
Issue:
2
Pages:
95-100
Publication date:
2022-11-24
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EISSN:
1755-7399
ISSN:
1755-7380
Language:
English
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1312494
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pubs:1312494
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2023-08-02

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