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Public health legislation in other countries

In the United States, the first public health organization based on a state health department and local boards of health was founded in New York City in 1866.

During The Weimar Republic, Germany faced many public health catastrophes. The Nazi Party had a goal of modernizing health care with Volksgesundheit, German for people's public health; this modernization was based on the growing field of eugenics and measures prioritizing group health over any care for the health of individuals. The end of World War 2 led to the Nuremberg Code, a set of research ethics concerning human experimentation.