PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
16th DIRECTING COUNCIL
17th SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., September 27 – 8 October 1965
RESOLUTION
CD16.R40
EPILEPSY IN THE AMERICAS
THE 16th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Having considered the report of the Director (Document CD16/18) on the work done on the study
of the incidence and distribution of epilepsy in the Americas, in implementation of Resolution III
adopted by the Council at its XV Meeting,
RESOLVES
To recommend to the Director of the Bureau that, in cooperation with the Governments, he develop
a program of epidemiological research on epilepsy and continue the study of the legal and social
aspects of the disease.
Sept.-Oct. 1965 OD 66, 90