title: [Edward Grzegorzewski (1906-1982)--Poland's delegate to the founding conference of the World Health Organization].
abstract: Early years of Edward Grzegorzewski's professional work were associated with the National Institute of Hygiene (NIH) in Warsaw, Poland. This fact and Grzegorzewski's professional achievements and uniqueness of his life lead to dedicate him a separate article. A search of archival materials was guided by information from the prof. Zbigniew Machaliński article--a historian from Gdansk. Insight into the personal files and the archives of NIH was obtained and some other attempts to find factual data were undertaken. A numerous works written by Grzegorzewski were found and read. The article is complementary to the previously described facts, especially in the context of his relationship with the NIH. Repetitions of the information resulted from the need to preserve the chronological order of events or to highlight the context. In the years 1932-1942 Edward Grzegorzewski worked in National Institute of Hygiene, at the beginning as volunteer. During this time he studied the hygiene in the USA and periodically worked in the city board in Warsaw. He worked in the Department of Social Hygiene and published approximately 30 articles and reports, and dealt with health education as well. After the WWII he served on many post, eg. he was the rector of the Medical Academy in Gdańsk, director of the Department of Education and Training in the WHO and professor at Johns Hopkins University. In 1946 he signed the WHO Constitution for Poland. He was a prominent Polish hygienist.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Epidemiologii i Promocji Zdrowia, Szkoła Zdrowia Publicznego, Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie. dorotac@cmkp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cianciara
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muszyńska
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D005178:Faculty / Q000266:history*; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history; D014944:World Health Organization