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World Health Organization, World Health Organization Established in 1948, WHO, 1948

"The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 on April 7th, now known as World Health Day, the World Health Organization was first…

Tags: Health, Health Systems, Public Health, Research, WHO, World Health Organization

Caroline I. Miles, William B Sawyer

Dr. William B. Sawyer (1886-1950), the first black medical professional in southern Florida, has been recognized as an important figure in the early…

Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1918

This poster, released by the Social Hygiene Division (Army Educational Commission) was designed to spread awareness about venereal disease. This…

Tags: Campaign, Diseases, Public Health, Social Hygiene Division, Venereal Disease, World War I

National Library of Medicine, WHO / Global campaign for violence prevention, WHO, Unknown

The Global Campaign for Violence Prevention promotes the adoption of a public health approach to violence prevention, and provides a platform for…

Tags: Campaign, Public Health, Violence Prevention, VPA, War, WHO

Wellbee Poster, CDC, 1964

In this poster, Wellbee cheerfully reminds the viewer to “be well” and “be clean” by washing his or her hands regularly, suggesting a clear connection…

Tags: Campaign, CDC, Cleanliness, Fitness, Health, Polio, Safety, Wellbee

District of Columbia Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Wash your hands, before touching your eyes, National Archives, 1941-1945

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Tags: Blindness, Cleanliness, Eye Health, Health, Hygiene, Public Health, Wash Your Hands

Part of the Brady-Handy Collection, W.W. Godding, Superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Library of Congress, 1865-1880

Today, research on alcohol/drug abuse and mental health is conducted under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Substance Abuse and Mental…

Tags: Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, NIK, SAMHSA, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Substance Abuse, W.W. Godding

Harris & Ewing, Trailer Clinic, Library of Congress, 1937

Dr. L.E. Burney and Nurse Fran Miller, members of the Public Health Service staff traveled with the trailer which was built for use in a syphilis…

Tags: Disease, Fran Miller, Health, L.E. Burney, Public Health, Public Health Service, Syphilis

National Library of Medicine/Mullick, Biman, Tobacco or Health: Choose Health, National Library of Medicine, 1988

The headline in this poster presents a choice between tobacco and health, while an abstraction of a human head chooses flowers over a cigarette.
…

Tags: Health, Public Health, Tobacco, WHO, World Health Organization

National Archives, Tenement House Act, National Archives, ca. 1900

In 1867, 495,000 people in New York City were living in tenement buildings. Overcrowding (in some areas, a population density of 240,000 people per…

Tags: Housing, New York, NYC, Overcrowding, Safety, Tenement House