The World Health Organization and the Transition From “International” to “Global” Public Health

M. Brown, Theodore; Cueto, Marcos; Fee, Elizabeth

doi:10.2105/ajph.2004.050831

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The World Health Organization and the Transition From “International” to “Global” Public Health

Published in American Journal of Public Health • Dec 2, 2005

Authors:

Theodore M. Brown

Marcos Cueto

Elizabeth Fee

Abstract

The term "global health" is rapidly replacing the older terminology of "international health." We describe the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in both international and global health and in the transition from one to the other. We suggest that the term "global health" emerged as part of ...

Subject

Global health

Public health

International health

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