Founding year orders health institutions by the year each one was established. Wikipedia records that the World Health Organization "was established on 7 April 1948, and formally began its work on 1 September 1948," dates the agency itself still marks each year as World Health Day. Browsing by founding year traces how organized global health work has grown over time.
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Era of Emergence Founding Year
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1. Wikipedia: Pan American Health Organization
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The organization was founded in December 1902. It was originally called the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau. It has been described as the world's first international public health organization.
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