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- Title
Halfdan Mahler: Architect and Defender of the World Health Organization "Health for All by 2000" Declaration of 1978.
- Authors
Brown, Theodore M.; Fee, Elizabeth; Stepanova, Victoria
- Abstract
The article discusses the life of Danish Dr. Halfdan Mahler who also served as the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and it mentions Mahler's work involving the Declaration of Alma-Ata in September 1978 in which the WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund, and 134 signatory nations declared the "Health for All by 2000" goal. Social justice and global public health history are examined, along with health care accessibility and the attitudes of health activists.
- Subjects
MAHLER, Halfdan T., 1923-2016; DECLARATION of Alma-Ata, 1978; WORLD Health Organization; SOCIAL justice; WORLD health; SOCIAL goals; HEALTH care activists; PRIMARY health care; CONFERENCES &; conventions; TWENTIETH century; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; ATTITUDE (Psychology); HISTORY; EMPLOYEES; HISTORY of public health; PHYSICIANS
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2016, Vol 106, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2015.302935