The Value of Health: A History of the Pan American Health Organization

By Marcos Cueto

Book Overview

Marcos Cueto, a widely published medical historian, presents an appealing and well-documented narrative that describes the origins of public health and the creation of PAHO and culminates with the Organization's response to globalization and its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals. The history of PAHO's institutional heritage, notes the author, is "a rich testimony to the depth and breadth of health's value . . . as an indispensable requirement for peace, security, tolerance, and solidarity . . . and a means of achieving equity . . . in all social spheres."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462634
• ISBN13: 9781580462631
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"