The document discusses several international health agencies and their roles. It describes the founding and objectives of the World Health Organization in 1948 to attain the highest level of health for all people. It also outlines other agencies such as the Pan American Health Organization (1902), the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (1907), the Health Organization of the League of Nations (1923), and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1943). These agencies worked to control epidemics, exchange health information, and provide relief.

1. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES
PRESENTED BY:
PURNIMA RADESH

4. UN,s specialized agency for health established on April 7,1948.
•Its objectives as set out in its constitution is “the attainment
of highest level of health by all people”
•Governed by 192 members through WORLD HEALTH
ASSEMBLY
Principles of WHO:
•Health of all people is fundamental to
attainment of peace and security and is
depended upon the fullest co operation
of individuals and states.
•Achievements of any state of promotion
and protection of health is of value to all
•Unequal development in different
countries in the promotion of health and
control of disease especially
communicable disease is a common
danger

5. •Informed opinion and active cooperation on the part of the public areas of
utmost importance in improvement of the health of people.
•Governments have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be
fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures.
Functions of WHO:
•To act as the directing and coordinating authority on international health work.
•To establish and maintain effective collaboration with united nations ,specialized
agencies government health administrations professional groups.
•To provide/assist in providing upon the request of the nation, health services and
facilities to special group such as people of trust territories.
•To stimulate and advance work to eradicate epidemic, endemic and other
disease
•To promote maternal and child health and welfare and foster the ability to live
harmoniously in changing environment.
•To assist in developing an informed public opinion among all health matters.
•To established and revise us necessary international nomenclatures of diseases,
of causes of dental and of public health services.

6. Copenhagen
Washington DC
Cairo
New Delhi
Manila
Congo
Regional centers' of World Health Organisation

7. UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION
ADMINSTRATION(UNRRA) 1943
General purpose of organising recovery from the affects of world war
II. It has health care to care for the health of millions of displaced
persons, to restore and help services and to retrieve the machinery for
interchange of information on epidemic diseases.
•Outstanding work of preventing the typhus
•World renouwned campaign for eradication of malaria from sardinia
was begun as joint effort of UNRRA,the rockfeller foundation and
italian government.
•1946 UNRRA terminated is offficial existence and its health activities
and finicial assets were taken by interim commission of WHO-Major
share went to UNICEF

8. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES
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INTRODUCTION
GLOSSARY
HISTORY
PAN AMERICAN SANITARY BUREAU
OFFICE INTERNATIONAL D’ HYGIENE PUBLIQUE
HEALTH ORGANISATION OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY FUNDS
SWEDISH SAGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION
RED CROSS

9. •Nothing is more important on earth than good health.
•Throughout the history diseases and ill health have
remained as burden
•and liability to the society, nation and world at large social,
technological
•And environment factors continue to have dramatic effects
on overall health of the population world wide.
•They have also facilitated the emergence of new diseases
and reemergence of old ones.
•Modern demographic and ecological condition favours the
spread of infectious and non infectious disease

10. Main Objective of International Health Organisation are:
Control and management of epidemics and communicable diseases
affecting more than one country – includes excludes exchange of
information on incidence of epidemic diseases and existing for
uniformity in quarantine regulation procedure
Exchange of health information and experience at international
level.
International standardization of preparation vital statistics and
banned drugs etc.
Coordinated combined research and assistance to research
programmes on specific problems common to many nation
Helping and assisting underdeveloped countries in training the
health staff medical planning so as to manage and the control the
epidemics.
International health in case of disasters and also consideration for
control of drug addiction.

11. Glossary:
•International Health: also called geographic health or global health, is a field of health
care , usually with emphasis dealing with health across regional or national boundaries.
•Quarantine: is used to separateand restrict the movement of well persons who may have
been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill. The word comes from
italian quarantena meaning forty day period.

12. Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB 1902)
•PASB established in 1902,america it was primarily intended to
contribute and coordinate quarantine procedures in states.
•World’s 1st international health agency
•It was reorganised in 1947 and was called Pan American Sanitary
Organisation
•1949-seemed as WHO regional office for Americas.
•1958-changed to Pan American Health Organisation

13. Office International d’ hygiene publique (1907)
In 1907 generally known as Paris office was created to
discriminate information on communicable diseases and to
supervise international quarantine measures
60 countries joined OIHP giving it an international character , but
was later taken over by WHO in 1959.

14. INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT
MOVEMENT
World’s largest humanitarian network with presence and
activities in almost every country.
The movement incorporates the Geneva based international
committee of red cross and the international federation of red
cross and red crescent societies as well as national societies in
178 countries
Immediate and long term needs and include programme and
services address:
•Emergency shelter food and medicine
•Water sanitation
•Restoring family contact for disaster victims
•Disaster preparedness
•Community based health and activities
•First aid training and activities
•HIV /AIDS prevention
•Blood donor recruitment, collection and supply
•Youth recruitment and volunteer activities
Promotion of humanitarian values is an intrinsic part of all red
cross and red crescent activities.

15. The Rockfeller Foundation is a US based global philanthropy committed to enriching and
sustaining, the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world.
•Rockfeller foundation is a knowledge based global foundation with a commitment to
enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the
world.
•Improvement of opportunities for poor people.
•Use of knowledge for generating new and harnessing existing knowledge to addressing
the complex and difficult challenges.
The Rockfeller Foundation is a global foundation viewing poor people’s challenges with
a global perspective.

16. Swedish agency for international development and
cooperation is a government agency under the ministry for
foreign affair.
•To contribute to making it possible for poor people to
improve their living conditions.
•Sida works independently within the framework laid down
by swedish parliament and government
•Its head office is in sweden has its 50 field offices in
different countries

18. UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY
FUND believes that the protection of children is crucial to their
survival, health and well being.
•UNICEF believes that everyone has responsibility to see that
children are safe and work with individual civic group
government and the private sector to help create protective
environment for them particaption in HIV prevention among
young people.
•Involving communities and families in UNICEF supported health
and child development programme
•Empowerment of girls and pursuit of gender equality
•Life slkills based education for HIV prevention and promoting
health human rights and peace.
•It uses opportunity of immunization to deliver other life saving
services
•Bringing children's rights to centre of public policy

20. November 3,1961 president John F. Kenndey established US Agency for
international development. 1st foreign assistance organization whose primary
emphasis was on long range economic and social development assistance
effort.
Objectives:
•Economic growth , agriculture trade
•Global health
•Democracy
•Education and training
•Global patnership
•Eniviroment
•Humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries.
USAID operates in 26 countries in asia , middle east and north africa. It faces
many challenges including terrorism, instability, an exploding youth population
,high empowerment, corruption, poor systems, HIV/AIDS and enviromental
degradation

22. HEALTH ORGANISATION OF THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS(1923)
•The league of nation was established after world war I (19141918) to build a better world .it included health organization to
take steps in the matters of international concerns for
prevention and control of diseases.
• it branched out into matters such as housing and rural
hygiene.
•Training public health workers and the standardization of
certain biological preparations
•Analyzed epidemiological information received and started a
series of periodical epidemiological reports , now issued by
WHO

23. History:
In past individual rulers and states used to place barriers against infection by
detection and isolation of incoming travellers.
In 14 th century ‘a procedure known as quarantine was introduced in europe, to
protect against the importation of plague.
Ships,crews, travellers and cargos suspected of harbouring infection were detained
for a period.
This idea was that the passsage of time would give dormant disease to manifest itself
or die out.
This was the origin of international health work, which was adopted and practised in
many countries by adopting different quarantine procedures.
Lima called as yellow jack was the signal flag which when flown in harbor means ship
is under quarantine