American Bureau for Medical Aid to China

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED ABMAC was founded in 1937 to give aid to Chinese medical and public health services by working through existing Chinese medical agencies. Between 1937 and 1945 more than ten million dollars in aid was given to China. After World War II, ABMAC concentrated on aiding six national medical colleges by administering a fellowship program for faculty members of these colleges to spend a year of study in the United States, by sending American medical faculty members to the six colleges as visiting professors, and by providing technical assistance in the form of books for medical libraries, text books for the classroom, equipment for laboratories and other educational materials. In 1949 when the Peoples Republic of China was established, ABMAC shifted its aid to Taiwan.

From the guide to the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China Records, 1937-1979., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

ABMAC was founded in 1937 to give aid to Chinese medical and public health services by working through existing Chinese medical agencies.

Between 1937 and 1945 more than ten million dollars in aid was given to China. After World War II, ABMAC concentrated on aiding six national medical colleges by administering a fellowship program for faculty members of these colleges to spend a year of study in the United States, by sending American medical faculty members to the six colleges as visiting professors, and by providing technical assistance in the form of books for medical libraries, text books for the classroom, equipment for laboratories and other educational materials. In 1949 when the Peoples Republic of China was established, ABMAC shifted its aid to Taiwan.

From the description of Records (Boxes 1-3), [microform]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122571664

The American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC) was founded in 1937 to give aid to Chinese medical and public health services by working through existing Chinese medical agencies.

Between 1937 and 1945 more than ten million dollars in aid was given to China. After World War II, ABMAC concentrated on aiding six national medical colleges by administering a fellowship program for faculty members of these colleges to spend a year of study in the United States, by sending American medical faculty members to the six colleges as visiting professors, and by providing technical assistance in the form of books for medical libraries, text books for the classroom, equipment for laboratories and other educational materials. In 1949 when the Peoples Republic of China was established, ABMAC shifted its aid to Taiwan.

From the description of American Burea for Medical Aid to China Records, 1937-1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493896469

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creatorOf American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. Records of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, 1942-1952, n.d. Yale University Library
referencedIn Opie, Eugene Lindsay, 1873-1971. Papers, [ca. 1919]-1971. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Murphy, James B. (James Bumgardner), 1884-1950. Papers, [ca. 1918]-1950. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. American Burea for Medical Aid to China Records, 1937-1979. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn James Bumgardner Murphy Papers, Circa 1918-1950 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Eugene Opie Papers, Circa 1919-1971 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. Records (Boxes 1-3), [microform]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf American Bureau for Medical Aid to China Records, 1937-1979. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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associatedWith American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees. corporateBody
associatedWith American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees. corporateBody
associatedWith Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973. person
associatedWith Chiang Kai-shek. person
associatedWith La Guardia, Fiorello H. 1882-1947. person
associatedWith Murphy, James B. (James Bumgardner), 1884-1950. person
associatedWith Opie, Eugene Lindsay, 1873-1971. person
associatedWith United China Relief (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Willkie, Wendell L. 1892-1944. person
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China
China
China
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Medical education
Medical education
Medical assistance
Medical assistance
Medical assistance, American
Medical sciences
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine
Public health
Public health
Public health
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Active 1979

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