WHO: Healing Power of the Arts

Program Launched Two Years Ago and Promotes the Healing Power of the Arts

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” 1947, Constitution of the World Health Organization

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Arts and Health Program at the WHO: From Traditional to Contemporary Forms the Arts Play a Part on Prevention and Management of Diseases

The UN Brief interviewed Christopher Bailey, who leads the Arts and Health Program at the World Health Organisation. The program was started two years ago after a call for innovative, breakthrough, ideas in healthcare by the WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros.

Bailey has a background in the Theater, and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in New York, in addition to a B.A. in English Language and Literature, from Columbia University, and an MLS/IS in Library and Information Science, from Pratt Institute, in New York. When confronted with a cancer he turned to his work in theatre t…