International Hospital Association

International Hospital Association, Internationale Krankenhausgesellschaft, Association Internationale des Hôpitaux
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Founded: 1931
Sources: HB 1931, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Administrative COuncil and Executive Committee (HB 1931)

Seats

Members in these countries

Ordinary Members (National Hospital Organisations). Associate members (Health and Social Welfare Organisations and individuals attached to them, firms and individuals having business relations with the hospital) in forty-one nations. (HB 1931) Associations nationales des hôpitaux des pays suivants : Autriche, Belgique, Royaume-Uni, Canada, Chili, Cuba, Danemark, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Finlande, France, Hongrie, Nouvelle-Zélande, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Suède, Suisse, Tchécoslovaquie. Représentants officiels des gouvernements de : Belgique, Canada, Colombie, Danemark, République Dominicaine, Espagne, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Finlande, France, Guatémala, Hongrie, Mexique, Nouvelle-Zélande, Pologne, Suède, Yougoslavie. (HB 1936) National hospital associations in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America. Official representatives of the Governments of: Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Guatemala., Hungary, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United States of America, Yugoslavia. Individual members. (HB 1938)
Austria (since 1936) , Belgium (since 1936) , Canada (since 1936) , Chile (since 1936) , Colombia (since 1936) , Czechoslovakia (since 1936) , Denmark (since 1936) , Dominican Republic (since 1936) , Finland (since 1936) , France (since 1936) , Guatemala (since 1936) , Hungary (since 1936) , Mexico (since 1936) , Netherlands (since 1936) , New Zealand (since 1936) , Poland (since 1936) , Republic of Cuba (since 1936) , Spain (since 1936) , Sweden (since 1936) , Switzerland (since 1936) , United Kingdom (since 1936) , United States of America (since 1936) , Yugoslavia (since 1936) ,

Congresses

Object

To establish and maintain relations between representative hospital organisations, to make possible a continous exchange of experience between all nations and individuals interested in hospital activities; to establish an international bureau for the purpose of collecting and exchanging international literature relating to hospital matters; to organise internationel hospital congresses. (HB 1931) Etablir et développer des relations et un échange d'informations entre les associations nationales des hôpitaux et entre toutes les institutions et toutes les personnes qui s'intéressent aux questions hospitalières et aux problèmes connexes; créer un Office international de documentation; organiser les congrès internationaux des hôpitaux; créer, à ces fins, des commissions internationales. (HB 1936) To establish and develop relations and the exchange of information between national hospital associations and between all institutions and all persons interested in questions relating to hospitals and problems connected therewith; to establish an international documentation office; to organise international hospital congresses; to set up international committees for these purposes. (HB 1938)

Finances

Receipts: Membership fees, donations and bequets. (HB: 1931) Budget : 12.500 francs suisses. Recettes : subventions des gouvernements, cotisations des associations nationales et des membres individuels. (HB: 1936) 12,500 Swiss francs. Receipts: Government grants, subscriptions from national associations and individual members. (HB 1938)

General facts

At the first International Hospital Congress (1929), an International Hospital Committee representing the thirty.six nations was formed and called the second International Hospital Congress (1931) during which the International Hospital Committee was replaced by the International Hospital Association. (HB: 1931) Résumé historique : L'Association a été précédée d'un Comité international des hôpitaux, fondé au Ier congrès international des hôpitaux à Atlantic City (1929). Au deuxième congrès, à Vienne (1931), l'Association a été fondée. Elle a été présidée jusqu'en 1933 par le Dr Sand. (HB: 1936) The Association was preceded by an International Hospital Committee, which was set up at the first International Hospital Congress, at Atlantic City (1929). The Association was founded at the second Congress, at Vienna (1931) Its chaipTmn until 1933 was Dr. Sand. (HB 1938)

Publications

"Nosokomeion", quarterly review. (HB: 1931) Nosokomeion, trimestriel (en six langues), depuis 1930. (HB: 1936) Nosokomeion, quarterly (in six languages), since 1930. (HB 1938)

Activities

Dix Commissions permanentes d'étude. Congrès bisannuels : Atlantic City 1929, Vienne 1931, Knocke (Belgique) 1933, Rome 1935. Cours de perfectionnement : Francfort 1932, Berne 1934. (HB 1936) Ten standing committees. Biennial congresses: Atlantic City 1929, Vienna 1931, Knocke (Belgium) 1933, Rome 1935. Refresher courses: Frankfort 1932,. Berne 1934, Czechoslovakia 1936. (HB 1938)

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