Health in relation to demographic questions (Resolution)

20 REGIONAL COMMITI'EE: FIFTEENTH SESSION WP/RC15·R4 TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS The Regional Committee 1. NOTES the report on the technical discussions; 2. EXPRESSES its appreciation to Dr R.K.C. Lee for having so ably served as Chairman, to the group chairmen and rapporteurs, to the general rapporteur and to the other experts who served on the Panel; Having considered the topics proposed for the technical discussions in 1965, 3. DECIDES that the subject shall be ''The use of health education services in national health programmes". WPR Handb.Res., 4th ed., 5.5.2(12) Fifth meeting, 22 September 1964 WP/RC15·R5 HEALTH IN RELATION TO DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS The Regional Com~ttee 1. NOTES·the interest of WHO in the reciprocal effects of health programmes and population trends; 2. NOTES that research in the physiology of human reproduction is being conducted by the World Health Organization; 3. NOTES further that a number of countries are conducting field population studies and programmes, and that many institutions of training in other health sciences are beginning to provide programmes in this field; 4. CONSIDERS: (1) that more studies are required on human population in a demographic sense, particularly as regards the implications of population changes on the health services; • REPORT OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE 21 (2) that these studies should be conducted in lar@e and small population groups to determine the optimum population- health relationships for given communities; (3) that health and ancillary personnel be trained in demography as it relates to health so that they may conduct ecologic studies in the field; (4) that information on population programmes should be freely interchanged between countries; (5) that liaison be maintained with United Nations investigators carrying out demographic studies; 5. REQUESTS the Regional Director to encourage population stud.ies in relation to health, including training and the free exchange of information, and. to submit a report on these activities to the sixteenth session of the Committee. WPR Handb.Res., 4th ed., 1.5.4 Fifth meeting, 22 September 1964 WP/RC15.R6 POLIOMYELITIS - The Regional COmmittee, Having reviewed the report presented by the Regional Director and the additional information furnished by representatives, 1. NOTES: (1) that poliomyelitis continues to be an important health problem in several countries with a considerable number of deaths and cases occurring annually; (2) that most countries of the Region have no facilities for the manufacture of poliomyelitis vaccine, either Salk or Sabin, and several have limited resources for their purchase;