Centennial Celebration

Anne Phelan

CMB marks its 100th anniversary with celebrations in Bangkok, Seoul, New York City, and Beijing!

Health in Southeast Asia Lancet Series

Anne Phelan

Scientists from 10 countries in Southeast Asia map the health conditions of their region in a special Lancet series, Health in Southeast Asia.

CMB Beijing office established

Anne Phelan

CMB Beijing representative office is officially registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

5-C Network established

Anne Phelan

In early 2011, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and India form the Five Country Asia Network (5-C Network) to promote regional exchange on health professional reform.

Lancet Commission

Anne Phelan

“Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdepedent world”

CMB President’s Council started

Anne Phelan

The first President’s Council meeting is conducted under President Roy Schwarz to bring together leaders from CMB related medical universities.

Tibet Medical College established

Anne Phelan

Under CMB President Bill Sawyer, Tibet Medical College is established from a provincial training school.

POHNED Nursing program initiated

Anne Phelan

With CMB support, the Program in Higher Education in Nursing Development (POHNED) enables Chinese nursing eductors to earn advanced degrees at Chiang Mai University in Thailand and builds cross-border cooperation in health professional education. The seven-year program awarded 84 graduate master’s degrees.

Chulalongkorn School of Public Health

Anne Phelan

CMB works with Chulalongkorn professors to support the development of a new Chulalongkorn School of Public Health in Thailand.

CMB goes to Myanmar

Anne Phelan

CMB is the first nongovernmental organization to be invited into Myanmar in 30 years. Myanmar’s government asked CMB to assess the country’s medical education situation.

CMB returns to mainland China

Anne Phelan

CMB accepts the Chinese government’s invitation to return to China, embarking on a new era of collaboration with 8-13 Chinese medical schools.

CMB supports nursing education

Anne Phelan

CMB begins to support the development of nursing education and training programs, starting with support for two nursing schools in Thailand and two in Korea.

CMB emphasizes grantmaking

Anne Phelan

CMB under President Pat Ongley emphasizes grantmaking and starts matching funds and endowment grants.

PUMC reopens

Anne Phelan

PUMC reopens with 22 medical and 16 nursing students, led by C.U. Lee, its first Chinese Director, and CMB receives a second Rockefeller endowment gift of $10 million.

The History of Rockefeller Antimalaria Efforts

Anne Phelan

Part 1 of a three part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below slideshow). A malaria-carrying mosquito (CDC Photo)U.S. Army public health team dusting an Algerian woman with DDT powder to control typhus, 1943U.S. Army public health office dusting a boy with DDT powder to control a typhus …

Selskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in Northern China

Anne Phelan

Selskar Gunn, a Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation, started a rural reconstruction project in Northern China with the goal of meeting all the needs of local communities there (1935-1937). (Text continues below slideshow). Portrait of Selskar GunnPortrait of Selskar GunnPortrait of Selskar GunnSelskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in Northern ChinaSelskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in …

PUMC Hospital treats wartime wounded

Anne Phelan

PUMC doctors and nurses care for wounded soldiers during Japanese invasion and treat sickness during natural disasters, including flood relief.

The Beginnings of Public Health Nursing in Sri Lanka

Anne Phelan

Part 3 of a three-part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below photo). William Jacocks helped secure Rockefeller Foundation support for public health nursing programs in Sri Lanka Adapted from previously published work by Soma Hewa. William P. Jacocks (1877-1965) was a doctor of public health. Jacocks’ early …

The Health Unit Program in Sri Lanka

Anne Phelan

Part 2 of a three-part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below slideshow). Street demonstrationA hookworm demonstration officeHookworm demonstration office at AvissawellaDemonstration of maternity and child welfare work, an important part of the health unit programKalutara health unit office, 1926Local and foreign doctors involved in the health units …

Discovery of Peking Man

Anne Phelan

Dr. Davidson Black discovers Peking Man and conducts paleontology studies in PUMC’s Department of Anatomy.

First Beijing Health Station established

Anne Phelan

Dr. John Grant and C.C. Chen start the first health field station in Beijing, followed by rural work in Dingxian, which eventually develops into the “barefoot doctor” model.

X-Ray Technology at Peking Union Medical College, 1921-1928

Anne Phelan

The development of the X-ray unit at PUMC is a history of the transfer of scientific instrumentation. (Text continues below slideshow.) X-Ray practice equipment at Peking Union Medical College, c. 1924Building plan of the Peking Union Medical College, as completed, 1921Title page of the published dedication proceedings for the Peking Union Medical College, 1922John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) at the …

PUMC Inauguration Ceremony

Anne Phelan

1919

CMB establishes PUMC

Anne Phelan

CMB establishes Peking Union Medical College for introducing Western medicine into China, followed by inauguration in 1921 of PUMC buildings and campus.

Eradicating Hookworm Disease in Colonial Sri Lanka

Jeff Finazzo

Part 1 of a three part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below slideshow). Warakapola Tea FactoryTea factories were built with solid materials unlike living quarters and sanitary facilities for laborersPlantation workers lived in barrack-like “lines” such as this, with bad ventilation and unhygienic conditionsWorkers and their children, …

Construction of Peking Union Medical College

Jeff Finazzo

Construction, 1915 to 1919

Commission Report

Jeff Finazzo

Medicine in China: A report published by the China Medical Commission of the Rockefeller Foundation. PDF   Medicine_in_China.pdf

China Medical Board Launched

Jeff Finazzo

Adapted from a presentation by Darwin Stapleton. China Medical Board was launched as the second major program of the newly established Rockefeller Foundation to put the ideas of the China Medical Commission Study into practice. (Text continues below slideshow). John D. Rockefeller Sr. (left) and John D. Rockefeller Jr.John D. Rockefeller Sr.Frederick T. Gates Adapted from a presentation by Darwin …