Resumen de Halfdan Mahler: Architect and Defender of the World Health Organization "Health for All by 2000" Declaration of 1978.
Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee, Victoria Stepanova
The article discusses the life of Danish Dr. Halfdan Mahler who also served as the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and it mentions Mahler's work involving the Declaration of Alma-Ata in September 1978 in which the WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund, and 134 signatory nations declared the "Health for All by 2000" goal. Social justice and global public health history are examined, along with health care accessibility and the attitudes of health activists.
