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Branch links a health practice to the field of medicine it grew out of. Wikipedia describes Ignaz Semmelweis as "an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures" whose hand washing requirement began inside obstetrics, the branch where childbed fever was killing new mothers. This dimension groups practices that belong to the same branch of health work.

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Era of Emergence
1963 1
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1. Wikipedia: Food safety
WikipediaFood safety, WHO and FAO section
Quote, Food safety, WHO and FAO section
In 1963, the WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization published the Codex Alimentarius, which serves as an guideline to food safety.
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