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(g) to stimulate and advanco work to cradM ntr epidemic, 

 endemic and other diseases ; 



(h) to promote, in co-operation with otlier specialized 

 agencies where necessary, the prevention of accidental 

 injuries; 



(i) to promote, in co-operation with other specialized agen- 

 cies where necessary, the improvement of nutrition, housing, 

 sanitation, recreation, economic or working conditions and 

 other aspects of environmental hygiene; 



(j) to promote co-operation among scientific and profes- 

 sional groups which contribute to the advancement of health; 



(k) to propose conventions, agreements and regulations, 

 and make recommendations with respect to international 

 health matters and to perform such duties as may be assigned 

 thereby to the Organization and are consistent with its 

 objective ; 



(1) to promote maternal and child health and welfare and 

 to foster the ability to live harmoniously in a changing total 

 environment ; 



(m) to foster activities in the field of mental health, espe- 

 cially those affecting the harmony of human relations; 



(n) to promote and conduct research in the field of health ; 



(o) to promote improved standards of teaching and train- 

 ing in the health, medical and related professions ; 



(p) to study and report on, in co-operation with other 

 specialized agencies where necessary, administrative and 

 social techniques affecting public health and medical care 

 from preventive and curative points of view, including hos- 

 pital services and social security ; 



(q) to provide information, counsel and assistance in the 

 field of health ; 



(r) to assist in developing an informed public opinion 

 among all peoples on matters of health ; 



(s) to establish and revise as necessary international no- 

 menclatures of diseases, of causes of death and of public 

 health practices; 



(t) to standardize diagnostic procedures as necessary ; 



(u) to develop, establish and promote international stand- 

 ards w^ith respect to food, biological, pharmaceutical and sim- 

 ilar products ; 



(v) generally to take all necessary action to attain the 

 objective of the Organization.^* 



It is obvious that hopes were running high in 1946 when principles, 

 objectives, and functions like these were incorporated in tlie Constitu- 

 tion for the World Health Organization. The sights of tlie public 

 health experts from all parts of the world were aimed high with a 

 view to the future as well as the immediate |X)stwar period. Tlie atti- 

 tude at the time seemed to be that mucli was expected of new too's such 

 as antibiotics and DDT developed during the war and that tlie nec- 

 essary resources Avould be available without interruption because fi- 

 nally there would be no more war. Subsequent difficulties with respect 



3< WHO Constitution, op. cit., Chapter II Article 2, 4-5. 



