PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
25th DIRECTING COUNCIL
29th SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 27 September – 6 October 1977
RESOLUTION
CD25.R32
MEDIUM-TERM PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
THE 25th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Considering that Resolution WHA29.721 approved by the Twenty-ninth World Health Assembly
(May 1976) laid the foundations for drawing up the Medium-Term Program for the Development of
Human Resources, and specified that it should be discussed by the Regional Committees in 1977;
Mindful of the policies approved in this field, both in the Ten-Year Health Plan for the Americas
and in the contributions by the Region to the Sixth General Program of Work of WHO; and
Having reviewed Document CD25/8, specifying the goals and types of activity proposed in the
Region of the Americas,
RESOLVES
1. To take note of the Medium-Term Program for the Development of Human Resources in the
2. To recommend that the Program be used as a basic guide for country programming in this field in
particular, with due regard to the specific needs and characteristics of each country and adjustments
over the duration of the Program.
3. To request the Director to report periodically to the Governing Bodies on the progress of the
Program.
Sept.–Oct. 1977 OD 152, 74