01243nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001800059653002600077653001100103653001100114653001900125653002000144653002700164653003000191653001800221653001200239653002100251100001600272245010300288300001100391490000700402520055400409022001400963       2006                            d  c2006 Jul-Sep10aGlobal health10aHistory, 20th Century10aHumans10aInfant10aInfant Welfare10aInfant, Newborn10aInternational Agencies10aInternational Cooperation10aLatin America10aleprosy10aNutrition Policy1 aWeindling P00a[The League of Nations Health Organization and the rise of Latin American participation, 1920-40].  a555-700 v133 a<p>The League of Nations Health Organization collaborated with Latin American specialists in public health and infectious diseases from the early 1920s to the outbreak of the Second World War. The League developed studies of infant health and nutrition, and leprosy. The approach was expert-oriented, and designed to develop public health on a scientific basis. There were conferences, tours and reports in Latin America. This paper demonstrates that the Latin American collaboration with the Health Organization was extensive and multi-faceted.</p>  a0104-5970