Crisis as opportunity: International health work during the economic depression Borowy, Iris Depresión económica Sociedad de Naciones Salud pública Nutrición Sistema sanitario Economic depression League of Nations Public health Nutrition Health system The economic depression of the 1930s represented the most important economic and social crisis of its time. Surprisingly, its effect on health did not show in available morbidity and mortality rates. In 1932, the League of Nations Health Organisation embarked on a six-point program addressing statistical methods of measuring the effect and its influence on mental health and nutrition and establishing ways to safeguard public health through more efficient health systems. Some of these studies resulted in considerations of general relevance beyond crisis management. Unexpectedly, the crisis offered an opportunity to reconsider key concepts of individual and public health. 2022-10-26T08:30:20Z 2022-10-26T08:30:20Z 2008 journal article Borowy, Iris. «Crisis as opportunity : international health work during the economic depression». Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam, 2008, Vol. 28, p. 29-52, https://raco.cat/index.php/Dynamis/article/view/118806. 0211-9536 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77568 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada