CD19.R18: Report of the study group on the coordination of the medical care services of ministries of health, social security institutes, and universities

PAN

AMERICAN

HEALTH

ORGANIZATION

WORLD

HEALTH

ORGANIZATION

19th DIRECTING COUNCIL

Washington D.C., 29 September – 10 October 1969

RESOLUTION

CD19.R18

REPORT OF THE STUDY GROUP ON THE COORDINATION OF

THE MEDICAL CARE SERVICES OF MINISTRIES OF HEALTH,

SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTES, AND UNIVERSITIES

THE 19th DIRECTING COUNCIL,

Having examined the report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (Document

CD19/19, Rev. 1)1 apprising the Directing Council of the Final Report of the Study Group on the

Coordination of Medical Care Services of Ministries of Health, Social Security Institutes, and

Universities, jointly convened by the Organization of American States and the Pan American Health

Organization, which met at Washington, D.C., from 4 to 8 August 1969,

RESOLVES

1. To thank the members of the Study Group for their work.

2. To thank the Organization of American States for its assistance in organizing the meeting.

4. To recommend to the Director that he give the report the widest possible circulation so that the

health authorities in the countries of the Americas may take it into account in organizing their

national health services.

5. To recommend to the Director that he organize zone meetings of senior health, social security,

and medical education officials for the purpose of discussing how and to what extent the

recommendations of the Study Group can be applied in the countries concerned.

Sept.–Oct. 1969 OD 99, 68