Office international d'hygiène publique

The Office international d'hygiène publique (OIHP) (English: International Office of Public Hygiene) was an international organization founded 9 December 1907 and based in Paris, France. It was created to oversee international rules regarding the quarantining of ships and ports to prevent the spread of plague and cholera, and to administer other public health conventions.[1]

Office international d'hygiène publique
1907–1946
Emblem used by the OIHP, depicting Hygieia
StatusFormer international organization
Administrative center195 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris
48°51′17″N 2°19′31″E
Official languagesFrench
Recognized languagesFrench
History 
• Arrangement of Rome
9 December 1907
• Dissolution
22 July 1946
Succeeded by
World Health Organization

OIHP was part of the complex structure known as the Health Organization (Organisation d'Hygiène) of the League of Nations,[2] in an often-competing, and sometimes collaborative relation with the League of Nations' Health Committee.[3]

The OIHP was dissolved by protocols signed 22 July 1946[4] and its epidemiological service was incorporated into the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization on 1 January 1947. However, the OIHP remained legally existing until 1952.

Organisational chart of international organizations as of 1930[5]

As of 1933, OIHP was composed of the following contracting parties:[6]

The OIHP was managed by a "Permanent Committee" chaired successively by Rocco Santoliquido (1908-1919), Oscar Velghe (1919-1932), George S. Buchanan (1932-1936).[6][7][8] Important personalities were taking part in the work of the OIHP such as Camille Barrère.

See also

References
  1. Iriye, Akira (2002). Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520231279.
  2. "The International Health Organization Of The League Of Nations". The British Medical Journal. 1 (3302): 672–675. 1924. ISSN 0007-1447.
  3. Howard-Jones, Norman (1979). International public health between the two world wars : the organizational problems. Geneva: World Health Organization. ISBN 9241560584.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. "Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique; New York, 22 July 1946". treaties.un.org. United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved 2021-10-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Grandjean, Martin (2017). "Complex structures and international organizations" [Analisi e visualizzazioni delle reti in storia. L'esempio della cooperazione intellettuale della Società delle Nazioni]. Memoria e Ricerca (2): 371–393. doi:10.14647/87204. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. Office international d'Hygiène publique (1933). Vingt-cinq ans d'activité de l'Office international d'Hygiène publique (1909-1933) (PDF) (in French). Paris: Office international d'hygiène publique.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. "Sir George Buchanan, C.B". Nature. 133 (3355): 242–242. 1934-02-01. doi:10.1038/133242a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  8. "Sir George Seaton Buchanan | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-24.


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