| Office International d'Hygiène Publique | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907–1946 | |||||||
| .svg.png.webp) Emblem used by the OIHP, depicting Hygieia | |||||||
| Status | Former international organization | ||||||
| Administrative center | 195 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 48°51′17″N 2°19′31″E / 48.8548078°N 2.3252548°E | ||||||
| Official languages | French | ||||||
| Recognized languages | French | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| • Arrangement of Rome  | 9 December 1907 | ||||||
| • Dissolution  | 22 July 1946 | ||||||
| 
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The International Office of Public Hygiene (OIPH), also known by its French name as the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (OIHP), was an international organization founded 9 December 1907 and based in Paris, France.[1] It merged into the World Health Organization after World War II.[2][3]
History
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,[4] leading to engage on other epidemics, and the collection of broader epidemiological data on various diseases, as well as issues such as the control of medicinal opium, cannabis, and other drugs,[5] the traumas created by World War I, etc.[4]
The OIHP was part of the complex structure known as the Health Organization (Organisation d'Hygiène) of the League of Nations,[6] in an often-competing, and sometimes collaborative relation with the League of Nations' Health Committee.[7]
The OIHP was dissolved by protocols signed 22 July 1946[8] and its epidemiological service was incorporated into the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization on 1 January 1947. However, the OIHP remained in existence legally until 1952.

Organisation
The OIHP was managed by a "Permanent Committee" chaired successively by Rocco Santoliquido (1908-1919), Oscar Velghe (1919-1932), George S. Buchanan (1932-1936).[10][11][12] Important personalities were taking part in the work of the OIHP such as Camille Barrère.
As of 1933, the OIHP was composed of the following contracting parties:[10]
 Argentina, 1910 Argentina, 1910
.svg.png.webp) Australia, 1909 Australia, 1909
 Belgian Congo, 1927 Belgian Congo, 1927
.svg.png.webp) Belgium, 1907 Belgium, 1907
.svg.png.webp) Bolivia, 1912 Bolivia, 1912
 Brazil, 1907 Brazil, 1907
 UK British dominions, 1927 UK British dominions, 1927
 UK British India, 1908 UK British India, 1908
 Bulgaria, 1909 Bulgaria, 1909
.svg.png.webp) Canada, 1910 Canada, 1910
 Chile, 1912 Chile, 1912
 Denmark, 1913 Denmark, 1913
 Netherlands (Dutch Indies), 1925 Netherlands (Dutch Indies), 1925
 Egypt, 1907 Egypt, 1907
 France, 1907 France, 1907
.svg.png.webp) French Algeria, 1910 French Algeria, 1910
.svg.png.webp) French Equatorial Africa, 1929 French Equatorial Africa, 1929
.svg.png.webp) French Indochina, 1914 French Indochina, 1914
.svg.png.webp) French West Africa, 1920 French West Africa, 1920
 Germany, 1928 Germany, 1928
 UK (Great Britain), 1907 UK (Great Britain), 1907
 Greece, 1913 Greece, 1913
 Kingdom of Hejaz, 1932 Kingdom of Hejaz, 1932
 Ireland (Irish Free State), 1928 Ireland (Irish Free State), 1928
 Italy, 1907 Italy, 1907
 Japan, 1924 Japan, 1924
 Luxembourg, 1926 Luxembourg, 1926
 Madagascar, 1920 Madagascar, 1920
 Morocco, 1920 Morocco, 1920
 Mexico, 1909 Mexico, 1909
 Monaco, 1913 Monaco, 1913
 Netherlands, 1907 Netherlands, 1907
 Norway, 1912 Norway, 1912
 New Zealand, 1924 New Zealand, 1924
 Peru, 1908 Peru, 1908
.svg.png.webp) Persia, 1909 Persia, 1909
 Poland, 1920 Poland, 1920
 Portugal, 1907 Portugal, 1907
 Romania, 1921 Romania, 1921
 Sudan, 1926 Sudan, 1926
 Sweden, 1909 Sweden, 1909
.svg.png.webp) Switzerland Switzerland
 Czechoslovakia, 1922 Czechoslovakia, 1922
.svg.png.webp) Union of South Africa, 1919 Union of South Africa, 1919
 Spain, 1907 Spain, 1907
.svg.png.webp) French protectorate of Tunisia, 1908 French protectorate of Tunisia, 1908
 Turkey, 1911 Turkey, 1911
 USA, 1907 USA, 1907
 Soviet Union, 1926 (initially accessed as Soviet Union, 1926 (initially accessed as Russian Empire in 1907) Russian Empire in 1907)
 Uruguay, 1913 Uruguay, 1913
See also
References
- ↑ Markel, H. (2014). "Worldly approaches to global health: 1851 to the present". Public Health. 128 (2): 124–128. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2013.08.004. PMID 24412079.
- ↑ Beigbeder, Yves (2015-12-14), "Chapitre I. Les origines historiques de l'OMS", L’Organisation mondiale de la santé, International, Genève: Graduate Institute Publications, pp. 1–7, ISBN 978-2-940549-29-0, retrieved 2022-09-06
- ↑ Johnson, Steven (2021). Extra Life (1st ed.). Riverhead Books. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-0-525-53885-1.
- 1 2 Iriye, Akira (2002). Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520231279.
- ↑  Riboulet-Zemouli, Kenzi; Ghehiouèche, Farid; Krawitz, Michael A. (2022). "Cannabis amnesia – Indian hemp parley at the Office International d'Hygiène Publique in 1935". authorea.com (Preprint). doi:10.22541/au.165237542.24089054/v1 (inactive 1 August 2023). Retrieved 2022-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link) CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- ↑ "The International Health Organization Of The League Of Nations". The British Medical Journal. 1 (3302): 672–675. 1924. ISSN 0007-1447. JSTOR 20436330.
- ↑  Howard-Jones, Norman (1979). International public health between the two world wars : the organizational problems. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/39249. ISBN 9241560584.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- ↑ "Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique; New York, 22 July 1946". treaties.un.org. United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-26.
- ↑ "Sir George Buchanan, C.B". Nature. 133 (3355): 242. 1934-02-01. Bibcode:1934Natur.133Q.242.. doi:10.1038/133242a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4071333.
- ↑ "Sir George Seaton Buchanan | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
