Red Crosss Public Health Turn - The Cannes Medical Conference of 1919 Origins of League of Red Cross

This book explores the Cannes Medical Conference of April 1919 and its long-lasting impacts in the humanitarian space. In the aftermath of the First World War, as the world order was being redesigned, this conference served to shift the Red Cross movement towards peacetime and public health work.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1-Tectonic Shifts in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; 2-Justifying the First Humanitarian International Public Health Organisation; 3-An American Initiative or a 'Natural Evolution' for the Red Cross Movement?; 4-Knowledge is the Cure; 5-Designing the Organisational Structure of the Red Cross's Peacetime Body; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Romain Fathi
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781839994340
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-434-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Anthem Impact
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; First World War, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / United States / General, General & world history, General and world history, Aid and relief programmes