Tuberculosis
Sources available in the Archives
WHO has taken over the task begun by its predecessors and is engaged in a relentless effort to control tuberculosis. Numerous documents from different fonds testify to that effort:
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Archives of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (OIHP)
Studies and reports on tuberculosis by OIHP dating from 1917 and 1919 have been conserved. For further information, consult the inventory. -
Centralized files
The "Centralized files" contain numerous documents on tuberculosis: correspondence, collaboration with associations, expert committees, research, immunization and vaccination programmes, situation reports from the regions, etc. For further information, consult the contents of the inventories of the sub-fonds. -
"Project Files" Archives
This fonds contains numerous documents on tuberculosis control and vaccination at the national level. -
Photographic Archives, Sub-fonds Photographs
This sub-fonds contains photographs on tuberculosis 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 the administrative and technical documents concerning the production, filming and distribution of films on tuberculosis. For further information, consult the list of the fonds.