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Victor Heiser
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Aug 22, 2026
Vivek Neelakantan, "The Emergence of International Health Policy in Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka, 1937–1978" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
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21:54Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
actually i must say that the deformation of who it was uh it was not exactly you can't say that they made health that this health was not exactly revolutionary in the who preamble because as i said raymond got here from the singapore bureau he articulated a definition of the who preamble way back in 1931 as the director of the league of nations singapore bureau So what happens in 1945, not in 1945, 1948, exactly when the WHO is established, is how do you bring about that tidying of international health? Because if you see, in the colonial period, you have multiple aid agencies.
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22:36Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
For example, Rockefeller Foundation Far Eastern that is the office of the Far East that is headed by Victor Heiser then you have Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine then you have the Eastern Bureau of League of Nations answerable to the headquarters in Geneva Then you have Office International Hygiene Public, that is not accountable to the League of Nations, but they collaborate with the League of Nations.
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23:01Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
Then you have the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, that's independent of League of Nations purview, beyond the purview of League of Nations.
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23:08Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
So how do you make, that is regional bodies, accountable to the central office in Geneva? This is a big problem.
Vivek Neelakantan, "The Emergence of International Health Policy in Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka, 1937–1978" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
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21:54Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
actually i must say that the deformation of who it was uh it was not exactly you can't say that they made health that this health was not exactly revolutionary in the who preamble because you as i said raymond got here from the singapore bureau he articulated a definition of the who preamble way back in 1931 as the director of the league of nations singapore bureau So what happens in 1945, not in 1945, 1948, exactly when the WHO is established, is how do you bring about that tidying of international health? Because if you see, in the colonial period, you have multiple aid agencies.
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22:36Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
For example, Rockefeller Foundation Far Eastern that is the office of the Far East that is headed by Victor Heiser then you have Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine then you have the Eastern Bureau of League of Nations answerable to the headquarters in Geneva Then you have Office International Hygiene Public, that is not accountable to the League of Nations, but they collaborate with the League of Nations.
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23:01Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
Then you have the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, that's independent of League of Nations purview, beyond the purview of League of Nations.
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23:08Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
So how do you make, that is regional bodies, accountable to the central office in Geneva? This is a big problem.
Vivek Neelakantan, "The Emergence of International Health Policy in Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka, 1937–1978" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
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22:23Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
Not in 1945, 1948, exactly when the WHO was established, is how do you bring about, that is, uh, tidying of international health? Because if you see in the colonial period, you have multiple aid agencies.
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22:36Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
For example, you have the Rockefeller Foundation, this, uh, Far Eastern, uh, that, that is the Office of the Far East that is headed by Victor Heiser.
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22:45Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
Then you have, uh, Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine.
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22:49Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
Then you have the Eastern Bureau of League of Nations answerable to the headquarters in Geneva.
Vivek Neelakantan, "The Emergence of International Health Policy in Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka, 1937–1978" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
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21:54Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
actually i must say that the deformation of who it was uh it was not exactly you can't say that they made health that this health was not exactly revolutionary in the who preamble because as i said raymond got here from the singapore bureau he articulated a definition of the who preamble way back in 1931 as the director of the league of nations singapore bureau So what happens in 1945, not in 1945, 1948, exactly when the WHO is established, is how do you bring about that tidying of international health? Because if you see, in the colonial period, you have multiple aid agencies.
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22:36Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
For example, Rockefeller Foundation Far Eastern that is the office of the Far East that is headed by Victor Heiser then you have Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine then you have the Eastern Bureau of League of Nations answerable to the headquarters in Geneva Then you have Office International Hygiene Public, that is not accountable to the League of Nations, but they collaborate with the League of Nations.
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23:01Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
Then you have the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, that's independent of League of Nations purview, beyond the purview of League of Nations.
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23:08Vivek NeelakantanGUEST
So how do you make, that is regional bodies, accountable to the central office in Geneva? This is a big problem.