World Health Organization Sets a Goal of Health for All by the Year 2000
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights
- Curriculum: Worldwide
- Geographical Location: Geneva
- Date: 1977
Article abstract: The World Health Assembly affirmed in 1977 and 1979 that “Health for All by the Year 2000” should be the primary goal of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Summary of Event
When the United Nations’ charter was signed in 1945, there were high hopes that soon the world would become a better place for everyone. In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights decreed that health was a basic right for all people. By the late 1970’s, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted, it was evident that this right had not been met, nor...
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