ANNEX 6 Department of State Advisory Health Group October 11-12, 1945, Washington, D. C. Margaret Arnstein, Consultant Public Health Nurse, State of New York Department of Health Dr. Walter L. Bierring, Commissioner, Iowa State Department of Health Dr. E. L. Bishop, Director of Health, Tennessee Valley Authority Arch Booth, Assistant General Manager, United States Chamber of Commerce Dr. Frank G. Boudreau, Director, Milbank Memorial Fund Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, Director, Pan American Sanitary Bureau Nelson H. Cruikshank, Director, Social Insurance Activities, American Federation of Labor Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, Dean, Duke University School of Medicine Dr. Luis I. Dublin, Second Vice President and Statistician, Metropolitan Life Dr. Martha M. Eliot, Associate Chief, Children's Bureau, Department of Labor George T. Guernsey, Assistant Director of Education, Congress of Industrial Rear Adm. John Harper, Chief of Professional Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department Dr. Victor Heiser, National Association of Manufacturers Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Surgeon General, United States Army Dr. A. A. Moll, Assistant Director, Pan American Sanitary Bureau Basil O'Connor, Chairman, American Red Cross Dr. Lowell J. Reed, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Dr. Edward A. Strecker, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Howard Strong, United States Chamber of Commerce Dr. William H. Taliaferro, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Uni versity of Chicago Dr. Russell M. Wilder, Mayo Clinic 88 1 Dr. C-E. A. Winslow, Editor, American Journal of Public Health Department of State Dean Acheson, Under Secretary of State William T. Ham, Acting Chief, Division of International Labor, Social and Philip Burnett, Division of International Organization Affairs Emma Joyce, Health Counselor, Division of Departmental Personnel Dr. L. L. Williams, Jr., Division of International Labor, Social and Health Affairs Dr. H. van Zile Hyde, Division of International Labor, Social and Health Affairs H. B. Calderwood, Division of International Labor, Social and Health Affairs United States Public Health Service Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, Chairman Dr. James A. Doull, Chief, Office of International Health Relations Dr. Michael B. Shimkin, Office of International Health Relations ANNEX 7 A Resolution Department of State Advisory Health Group October 12, 1945, Washington, D. C. The chaotic conditions created by recent world events, with the resultant disruption of health services, make imperative prompt action for the establishment of an international organization concerned with the prevention of disease and the promotion of health for all the people of the world. Among the peoples of the occupied nations, such conditions as tuberculosis, malnutrition, dysentery, venereal diseases, malaria, mental disturbances, and similar diseases have increased alarmingly. Failure to exert suitable control and to apply the knowledge and resources now possessed by medical and public health agencies will menace the health of all the people of the world and postpone economic recovery. In much of our world, modern methods of sanitation, which include purification of water supply, disposal of sewage, and the prevention of dissemination of diseases by insect and rodent pests, have never been fully developed and in some areas are practically nonexistent. Moreover, as a result of the effects of high explosives and military activities, sanitary systems in many nations have been destroyed or rendered inefficient. The advancement of sanitation in those countries not yet efficient in this regard and the repair and restoration of such installations in other countries are an immediate health problem. Modern methods of transportation have greatly intensified communication between the peoples of all portions of the world, with the possibility of wide spread of disease formerly limited to definite geographic aréas. Distance is no longer a barrier against the dissemination of disease. Previous international organizations, even on a more limited scale, have definitely established the vital importance of such agencies as a mechanism for improving public health and maintaining safety. From a scientific and technical point of view, the most effective functioning of any international health organization requires participation of all the nations of the world. Such international health organizations promote international good will and understanding. 90 Action at the earliest possible occasion is necessary to maintain the continuity of such international services as have been or may now be rendered by the Office of Public Hygiene in Paris, the health section of the League of Nations, the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, the League of Red Cross Societies, and the health organization of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Some of these activities have lapsed or deteriorated during the war and others were established on a temporary basis. The advisory health group, assembled by the Department of State in Washington, urges the President of the United States, the Congress of the United States, the Department of State, and all executive agencies to take prompt and effective action toward the achievement, at the earliest possible date, of the assembling of an international health conference for the adoption of a constitution for an international health organization. |