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  • 5 - Popularization at a Global Scale

  • Yi-Tang Lin, Université de Genève
  • Book:
    Statistics and the Language of Global Health
    Published online:
    27 October 2022
    Print publication:
    03 November 2022, pp 143-172
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    Chapter 5 describes efforts by UNRRA and the WHO to rebuild a health statistics reporting system from 1943, when UNRRA took over the LNHO’s international epidemiological intelligence efforts. The WHO also developed an all-encompassing statistical system to gather statistics collected through research, administration, and policy-making. Just like the LNHO, the WHO established a tiered network for spreading its statistical practices, but sought broader geographic coverage. By including statisticians from different regions in the standard-making process, the WHO took local variation into account when making standards. A case study on the Republic of China – which still ruled the mainland in 1943 but was exiled to Taiwan in 1949 – shows that UNRRA and the WHO’s statistical reporting was often undermined by geopolitics and administrative constraints.