Spain and the international scientific conferences on polio, 1940s-1960s Porras, María Isabel Báguena, María José Ballester, Rosa Poliomielitis Conferencias internacionales sobre polio Asociación europea frente a la poliomielitis España Siglo XX Poliomyelitis WHO Expert Committees International Conferences on Polio European Association against Poliomyelitis Spain 20th century The development of international health from a historical point of view has undergone major advances in recent times and constitutes a substantial part of the current agenda for historians of medicine. Within this framework, and focussing on a specific case study (international responses to poliomyelitis outbreaks in the 20th century), we explore the main actions and achievements of agencies such as the WHO and other private and international scientific organizations. Furthermore, this paper seeks to identify the Spanish presence and absence in these activities, their causes and consequences. 2022-10-25T10:31:23Z 2022-10-25T10:31:23Z 2010 journal article Porras, María Isabel; Báguena Cervellera, María José; Ballester Añón, Rosa. «Spain and the international scientific conferences on polio, 1940s-1960s». Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam, 2010, Vol. 30, p. 91-118, https://raco.cat/index.php/Dynamis/article/view/218636. 0211-9536 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77543 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada