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World Health Organization

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Immediately after the close of the Executive Board's session held from October 25 to November 11, 1948, representatives of seventeen European countries met at a conference at Geneva and outlined the ways in which the World Health Organization could assist in the health rehabilitation of the war-devastated countries in Europe. The following decisions were made: 1) to establish a Bureau of Medical Supplies to advise governments on procurement of essential drugs and to provide supplies in an emergency; 2) to carry out a large-scale research program based on the results of the International Tuberculosis Campaign; 3) to stimulate penicillin production; 4) to set up a special temporary office to deal with the specific problems of the war-devastated European countries; 5) to prepare the integration of the Pan American Sanitary Organization with WHO as a regional body for the Western Hemisphere; 6) to apply new procedures in the field of mental health; 7) to grant $600,000 for fellowships and medical literature; 8) to appropriate $800,000 to assist countries which had requested aid; and 9) to allocate $200,000 to regional organizations of WHO.

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  • Anonymous, 1949. "World Health Organization," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(2), pages 357-360, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:3:y:1949:i:2:p:357-360_22
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    5. Aline Désesquelles & Michele Antonio Salvatore & Luisa Frova & Monica Pace & Marilena Pappagallo & France Meslé & Viviana Egidi, 2010. "Revisiting the mortality of France and Italy with the multiple-cause-of-death approach," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 23(28), pages 771-806.
    6. Cook, Ian G. & Dummer, Trevor J. B., 2004. "Changing health in China: re-evaluating the epidemiological transition model," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 329-343, March.
    7. Kimberly M. Thompson, 2017. "Modeling and Managing the Risks of Measles and Rubella: A Global Perspective Part II," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(6), pages 1041-1051, June.

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