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Secretly Polish: the Polish father of UNICEF

Maria Kamińska
 26.09.2026, 09:45
Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images, WikiCommons
Ludwik Rajchman, a Polish bacteriologist and one of the founders of UNICEF. Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images, WikiCommons

UNICEF is turning octogenarian this year, but few know that this world’s leading child-welfare organization was the brainchild of a Pole — Ludwik Rajchman, a visionary doctor who devoted his life to the cause of global health that was decades ahead of its time.