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DURING its first year of work the efforts of the World Health organisation were concentrated on the organisation of control-measures against malaria, tuberculbars and venereal diseases, on the improvement of maternal and child health and of environmental hygiene, and on problems relating to nutrition. Tlese, and other activities such as international epidemiology, biological standardization and the unification of pharmacopoieas, were decided at the meetings of the First World Health Assembly and have been reported in previous issues of the Chronicle of the World Health Organisation. In the latest issue of the Chronicle (3, No. 4 ; April 1949) an account is given of the preparations made for the Second World Health Assembly to be held in Rome. This forecasts increasing activities by the World Health Organisation to combat the ravages wrought by pest diseases in many countries of the world and to tackle the general health problems of under-developed countries. In 1949 the estimated budget of the Organisation is 7,000,000 dollars ; in 1950 it is proposed to spend 17,000,000 dollars. This would be made up of a regular budget of less than 8,000,000 dollars to be financed by contributions from member states and a supplemental operating programme of technical and advisory services costing a little more than 9,000,000 dollars which would be financed by voluntary additional contributions to the World Health Organisation from member states. The latter programme would cover new health projects and extend the range of the existing programme. Details of the new projects and other activities of the Organisation are described in the Chronicle which is published monthly in English, French, Russian, Spanish and Chinese.
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The World Health Organisation. Nature 164, 431–432 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164431e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164431e0