User:Eddie891/sandbox/LN HO
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The League of Nations Health Organization (LNHO) was a organization in the League of Nations concerned with international public health. Founded in Geneva, in 1921, Patricia Clavin described the LNHO as "the first global intergovernmental organization."[1] Originally a small organization of little import, under Ludwik Rajchman, the office saw much growth. Until the Organization was restructured into the World Health Organization, it was considered to be one of the most successful of the League of Nations organizations. Under its stated goal to prevent and control disease, the LNHO led the standardization of therapeutic sera and serological tests. It helped prevent typhus epidemics, and worked to end multiple other diseases. The three main achievements of the organization were the "collation of health and disease statistics; managing exchange trips; and to a limited extent sponsoring health research."[2]
League of Nations Health Organization | |||||||
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1920–1946 | |||||||
Semi-official flag of the League (1939) | |||||||
Status | Intergovernmental organisation | ||||||
Headquarters | Geneva | ||||||
Common languages | French and English | ||||||
Director‑General | |||||||
• 1921–1939 | Ludwik Rajchman | ||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||
10 January 1920 | |||||||
• First meeting | 16 January 1920 | ||||||
20 April 1946 | |||||||
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The League's health organisation had three bodies: the Health Bureau, containing permanent officials of the League; the General Advisory Council or Conference, an executive section consisting of medical experts; and the Health Committee. The Committee's purpose was to conduct inquiries, oversee the operation of the League's health work, and prepare work to be presented to the Council.[3] This body focused on ending leprosy, malaria, and yellow fever, the latter two by starting an international campaign to exterminate mosquitoes. The Health Organisation also worked successfully with the government of the Soviet Union to prevent typhus epidemics, including organising a large education campaign.[4] The LNHO published the Bulletin Mensuel de Renseignements Épidémiologiques and Rapport Épidémiologique Annuel.