Smallpox eradication programme (Resolution)

REPORT OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE a verbal statement from the Director-General on the report which he had submitted to the Eighteenth World Health Assembly on programme activities in the health aspects of world population which might be developed by WHO, 1. ENDORSES the resolution adopted by the World Health Assembly which has provided the opportunity for 1-lHO a..."ld its ~mber States to consider the medical aspects of human reproduction; 2. EXPRESSES the hope that a clearer definition of the various services which may be provided by lilliO will be forthcoming after the next World Health Assembly; 5. NOTES that no mass programme or campaign of any kind can have any permanent effect unless there is a minimum health structure; 4. RECOl-1MENDS that l~mber States in the Region carry out studies to determine the best way by lrhich information on family planning can reach the groups requiring this knowledge. 19 WPR Handb.Res., 4th ed., 1.5.4 Fifth meeting, 21 September 1965 HP/RC16.R4 SMALLPOX ERADICATION PROORAl-1ME The Regional Committee, Having considered resolution WHAl8.58 adopted by the Eighteenth Horld Health Assembly on the smallpox eradication programme; Noting: (1) that the Director-General has estimated that smallpox might be eradicated .nth international aSSistance; and 20 P.EGIONAIJ COMMl:TI'EE: SIXTEENTH SESSIO,-",iIT,,--_ (2) that the World Health Assembly has declared the world-wide eradicatiOn of smallpox to be one of tr.e major objectives of the Organizationj Noting further that the World Health Assembly r~s requested: (1) Member states to give the programme greater support than in the past and to provide the substantial contribu- tions essential for its executionj and (2) governments which carry on bilateral programmes of aid to include smallpox eradication in their programmes of assistance; 1. BELIEVES that smallpox eradication should be one of the long-term objectives of the regional programme so that the funds formerly spent on the prevention and treat.l!lent of this disease can be used to solve other important public health problems; 2. INVITES all Member States within the Region to give the fullest possible support to the world-Vlide smallpox eradication programmej 3. SUGGF.8TS that those Member states which are free from smallpox should consider investment in a world-wide effort to eradicate smallpox from those areas where it exists and to prevent its reintroductionj 4. BELI~lES that the first and most important step to be taken :i'" for the Director-General to develop a global plan which "'ill contain an effective and systematic analysis of REPORT OF THE REGIONAL COMHITTEE where the difficult areas lie, as well as the areas where eradication has already been achieved. 21 WPR Handb.Res., 4th ed., 1.3.2 (1) Fifth meeting, 21 September 1965 WP/RC16.R5 POLIO~fiELITIS 1>- The Regional COmmittee, ,- Having reviewed the report presented by the Regional Director, 1. NarES that UNICEF, although not normally providing assistance to campaigns against poliomyelitis, has agreed to do so under the following conditions: (1) there is evidence that the incidence of the disease had increased greatly or was likely to do so in the near future, (2) the government concerned gives high priority to vaccination of the susceptibles (which in most cases would be young children), (3) that the country has adequate medical services for this purpose, except in emergencies; 2. ~UESTS the Regional Director to continue to give every possible assistance to Member countries undertaking campaigns against poliomyelitis. WPR Handb.Res., 4th ed., 1.3.2 (4) Fifth meeting, 21 September 1965