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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) expands access to health information digitally and free of charge to people around the world. Explore a selection of items from the NLM’s collections related to the revolutionary examples of global health intervention.

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Health for All-All for Health , Pan American Health Organization with the World Health Organization, 1988

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) produced this film to highlight some of their activities to combat disease. It covers everything from the WHO’s successful campaign to eradicate smallpox to the role that inequality between wealthier and poorer regions plays in health.