Hours: Weekdays 9:00am–12:00pm, 2:00pm–4:00pm
Location: Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva
Telephone: +41(0)22 791 2062
Access: open to the public, although books may not be loaned out
Website address: http://www.who.int/library/en/
The WHO archives hold more than 5,000 19th and 20th-century monographs and documents pertaining to public health, as well as (thus far uncatalogued) papers of its predecessor organizations, including the Conférence Sanitaire Internationale, Office international d’hygiène publique, Health Committee on the League of Nations, and League of Nations Health Section. A rare book collection contains material on epidemics, including bubonic plague, cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever, from the 16th century to the present.