Development of the antimalaria programme (Resolution)

REGIONAL COMMI'l"lEE: 'lWENTY-8IXTH SESSION (b) resolution WHAaB.2gadopted by the Twenty- eighth World Health Assembly whioh oonsidered that the Director-General should publish his full report in even numbered years, with only an interim statement in odd-numbered years; and (2) the saving of costs in manpower and finanoial resources in both the Regional Office and for Member states which would accrue if the sessions of the Regional Committee were held every other year instead of annually; But having noted that, (1) the World Health Assembly still holds an annual session from whioh reoommendations are sent to the Regional Committee, some of whioh may require urgent aotion; (2) the Regional Director and his staff may find procedural difficulties in implementing a change; REQUESTS the Regional Director to oonsider the implioations of changing the sessions of the Regional Committee to a biennial sequence, to report his findings to Member States and to inolude this subjeot as an agenda item for discussion at the twenty- seventh session of the Regional Committee. Fifth meeting, 4 September 1975 WPR/RC26.R16 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTIMALARIA PROGRAMME The Regional Committee, Having oonsidered resolution WHA28.87 adopted by the TNenty- eighth World Health Assembly; Having noted the general review of the malaria situation provided by the Regional Director in his Report for the period 1 July 1974 to 30 June 1975, and the progress, albeit slow, of the antimalaria programme in the Region, 1. URGES governments: (a) to maintain the high priority accorded to antimalaria aotivities in relation to their other health programmes; (b) to continue to ensure full administrative and financial support for the implementation of antimalaria programmes; REPORT OF THE REGIONAL COMftU:'l'.IEE 39 2. URGES governments with the resouroes to do so to assist in oombating the disease by oontributing, in money or in kind, to the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion - Malaria Eradioation Speoial Aooount - or direotly to oountries needing assistance through bilateral agreements; Reoognizing that many of the teohnical problems enoountered in implementing efficient and effective antimalaria programmes are aooompanied by operational difficulties; 3. IDENTIFIES the following as areas in which efforts towards improvement should be oonoentrated: (i) development of adequate technically-trained health manpower with managerial capabilities, together with incentives for retaining the trained manpower in the antimalaria service; (ii) encouragement of increased support from basic health servioes and closer community involvement in antimalaria activities; (iii) orientation of health service staff in the prevention, treatment and control of malaria; (iv) supply of DDT in the Region or such other insecticides as may be required; 4. REQUESTS the Regional Director: (a) to continue to assist governments with problems encountered in connexion with their antimalaria programmes; (b) to promote intercountry ooordination of malaria programmes between countries with common borders both within and outside the Region; (c) to promote specific research activities particularly in order to overcome technioal and operational difficulties; (d) to disseminate relevant information of value to member countries or areas in the Region; and (e) to explore the possibility of producing additional DDT within the Region. Fifth meeting, 4 September 1975