Review article

https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2023_306344

Seventyfive years since the Foundation of the World Health Organization: a Review of the Role of Andrija Štampar — the „Balkan Bear“ and the initiator of Rijeka's Public Health History

Silvia Mohorić orcid.org/0009-0001-8287-3088 ; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo PGŽ-a, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Ivan Anić ; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo PGŽ-a, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Svjetlana Gašparović Babić orcid.org/0000-0002-4815-862X ; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo PGŽ-a, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Helena Glibotić Kresina orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-7635 ; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo PGŽ-a, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina ; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo PGŽ-a, Rijeka, Hrvatska

Abstract

The World Health Organization, a special United Nations public health coordinatig body h a vital role in global public health development and improvement is celebrating its 75th anniversary. One of its founders and its first president was Andrija Štampar who created its 10 main postulates that are still extremely relevant. Until today, the World Health Organization has achieved extraordinary global feats, from narrowly focused ones, such as smallpox eradication, to wider-aiming ones, such as the implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy. We review the achievements and modern ripples of Andrija Štampar and the World Health Organization.

Keywords

Constitution and Bylaws; Health Education; Public Health; World Health Organization

Hrčak ID:

306344

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/306344

Publication date:

1.9.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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