Nutrition
Sources available in the Archives
Nutrition is a pillar of life, health and development. WHO has always been dedicated to reducing malnutrition and promoting a healthy diet, as is testified by numerous documents:
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Archives of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (OIHP)
OIHP was concerned with rationing and nutrition during the First World War. For further information, consult the inventory. -
Centralized files
The "Centralized files" contain numerous documents relating to nutrition: expert committees and commissions, research mandates, collaboration, programmes, reports, etc. For further information, consult the contents of the inventories of the sub-fonds. -
"Project Files" Archives
This fonds contains the documents relating to nutrition programmes in different countries and provides a comprehensive overview of activities in the field between the 1960s and the 1980s. -
Photographic Archives, Sub-fonds Photographs
This sub-fonds contains photographs on nutrition and food security in the different WHO Regions: Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific. For further information, consult the list of photographs by subject. -
WHO Media and Film Archives
This fonds contains administrative and technical documents on the production, filming and distribution of films on nutrition. For further information, consult the list of the fonds.