Men bearing a wounded man on a stretcher, out of an ambulance (detail). © Wellcome Library, London.
Collage from World Health magazine, May 1980 (detail). © WHO
Itinerant medicine vendor with snake. Etching: G. M. Mitelli (detail). © Wellcome Library, London.
The Plague of Egypt, c16th engraving from a German bible (detail). © Wellcome Library, London.
Louis Pasteur [1822-1895]. From the picture by Edelfelt (detail). © Wellcome Library, London.
Pean's Invention of Haemostatic Forceps. Jules Emile Pean (detail). © Wellcome Library, London.
"Cupping" applied to a patient (using animal horns) (detail). © Wellcome Library, London.
Centre for Global Health Histories
Part of the Department of History and a constituent member of Humanities Research Centre at the University of York, the Centre for Global Health Histories (CGHH) promotes inter-disciplinary work on themes of broad medical, scientific, environmental and public health importance. The Centre is based within the Berrick Saul building and draws strength from its association with other departments within the University of York and works with partners based all over the world. It is actively involved in creating international coalitions of academics, officials involved in policy design and implementation, multilateral and non-government organisations, and those involved in regulating and assessing projects and policies. CGHH is committed to forging links between academic and non-academic partners.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has produced a video highlighting their collaborative work in partnership with CGHH and the Wellcome Trust. To access this video, please click on the link below.
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GHH seminar series overview (.WMV file) (Please note: this video is ©WHO, and resides on WHO servers) |
Research
Since 2010 the Centre for Global Health Histories has been delighted and honoured to work with the WHO headquarters and regional offices to built an international network of health historians with expertise in a wide variety of areas. The network now boasts many of the best known names in health history. Many historians in the network have come to the WHO headquarters in Geneva to give lectures on aspects of their work.
Research Project Focus:
The Local Bases of Global Health
Publications
- Social Determinants of Health: Assessing Theory, Policy and Practice by Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Sharon Messenger and Caroline Overy
- The Global Eradication of Smallpox by Sanjoy Bhattacharya and Sharon Messenger
Latest news
Upcoming Events
Conversations and Creeds: Digital Communication and Health
11.30AM, WHO Library, Geneva, Switzerland
Professor Mark Blythe, Northumbria University, UK & Dr. Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Director, Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing, World Health Organization.
A legacy of Everest: Khunde Hospital and primary health care in Nepal
5.00PM, The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building
Dr Susan Heydon, Lecturer in Social Pharmacy, New Zealand's National School of Pharmacy, University of Otago
11.30AM, WHO Library, Geneva, Switzerland
Professor Richard Grimes, University of York, UK. World Health Organization speaker - Gian Luca Burci