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Provisional Agenda Item 9 CE68/18 (Eng.)
28 June 1972 ORIGINAL: SPANISH
PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE III SPECIAL MEETING OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH
OF THE AMERICAS
In implementation of operative paragraph 4 of Resolution XXVII of the XX Meeting of the Directing Council the attached provisional agenda of the Meeting of Ministers to be held in Santiago, Chile, in October this year has been prepared, and is submitted to the Executive Committee for
consideration.
It has been drawn up bearing in mind the purposes of this meeting, specifically a regional analysis of the progress made in the health sector in the past decade; an assessment of the prevalent health problems, and their continental implications, in the light of the anticipated socio-economic development in this decade; the establishment of goals for the decade; and the formulation of a strategy for attaining those goals, in-cluding an examination of the financial implications.
It is suggested that the Meeting in plenary session establish the general lines to be followed in considering the _tems submitted to it and that Technical Committees be established to study them in detail.
In preparing the basic documentation it has been possible to make a preliminary analysis of the areas of greatest concern and in particular of the most practical steps that can be taken to bring about the suggested
changes in the decade. In this analysis, the extension of the coverage
of services to populations at present uncovered, the need to make the
maximum use of available resources and_ in general, the urgent need to
strengthen and expand the health infrastructure have been identified as
decisive elements in the development of services to individuals and in the improvement of the environment.
It is therefore suggested that the Meeting first consider this
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Finally, a consolidated report prepared by the rapporteurs would be submitted to the plenary session for consideration. This consolidated
document would suggest the goals and the strategy for attaining them and would become the core of the Final Report of the Meeting.
SPECIAL MEETING OF
V)INI TEiqS OF HEALTH OF THE AMERICAS
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REMSA3/1 (Eng.) 28 June 1972 ORIGINAL: SPANISH
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
1. PLENARY SESSIONS
t.1 Election of the President_ Two Vice-Presidents_ and a General
Rapporteur
1.2 Statement by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau on
the Organization and Conduct of the Meeting
1.3 Adoption of the Rules of Procedure
1.4 Adoption of the Agenda
1.5 Adoption of the Program of Seasions
1.6 Statements by the Ministers on Health Problems in their Countries
1.7 Statement by ECLA
1.8 Statement by ILPES
1.9 Coverage of Services to Individuals and Activities Designed to
Modify the Environment
- Groups without Coverage Urban
Rural
- Populations of Poles of Development and Regional Developments
1.10 Systems of Health Services and Medical and Hospital Care
1.11 Considezation and Approval of the Recommendations of the
Committees
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2_ COMMITTEE I
2.1 Election of Officers of the Committee
2_2 Health Services
2°2_1 Services to Individuals
- Control of Communicable Diseases
- Parasitic Diseases and Enteric Infections - Malaria Eradication
- Non-communicable Diseases (Chronic Diseases and Cancer) - Maternal and Child Health
- Population Dynamics
- Nutrition and Food Policy - Dental Health
- Mental Health
2_2o2 Modification of the Environment
- Environmental Health Services
Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Environmental Pollution Control Noise Control
- Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
- Urban, Rural, and Regional Development - Aedes aegypti Eradication
- Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health - Quality Control of Drugs
- Control of the Use of Pesticides
- Food Hygiene
- Road Traffic Accidents
2_2_3 Supporting Services
- Epidemiological Surveillance - Nursing
- Health Laboratories - Medical Rehabilitation - Health and Radiation
3. COMMITTEE II
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3.2 Infrastructure
3.2.1 Administration
- Health Service Systems and Medical and Hospital Care. Maintenance of Facilities and Equipment
- Participation of Social Security Agencies in the Organization and Financing of Health Benefits (Item proposed by the
Government of Panama)
- Administration, Planning, and Information Processes - Statistical Systems
- Research: Development and Coordination - Health Legislation
3.2.2 Resources
- Human General
Physicians Nurses
Public Health Specialists
Supportive Diagnostic and Treatment Personnel Specialists in Environmental Health
Specialists in Hospital Administration Specialists in Animal Health
- Systems of Financing
