CONTENTS 



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I. Introduction 685 



Scope and Limitations of the Study 685 



The Evolution of Preventive Medicine 687 



Historical Overview of World Healtli Cooperation 688 



Early Efforts Toward International Collaboration G91 



Establishment of a Permanent Quarantine Office 692 



The First International Health Organization 693 



The League of Nations Health Organization 694 



II. The World Health Organization 696 



Constitutionnl Foundations of the World Health Organization — 696 



Organization and Structure of WHO 698 



WHO'S Epidemiological Intelligence Network 702 



The Network Organization and its Activities 702 



Current Problems of Epidemic Control 703 



U.S. Involvement in Epidemiological Problems 704 



Recent Evaluations of the World Health Organization 706 



Politics and Diplomacy in the World Health Organization 709 



WHO'h Intent To Be Xon-Pohtical 709 



U.S. Membership: The First Big Test 709 



The Test of Soviet Bloc Withdrawals 710 



Return of the USSR and Eastern European States 712 



The China Question Considered Political 712 



Consensus Versus Regulation on Pharmaceutical Questions.- 713 



Political Proltlems Outside of the World Health Organization — 715 



The Development of Political Blocs Outside of WHO 715 



Political Problems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 717 



Some Difficulties in Achieving and Sustaining International 



Cooperation in Health Through WHO 720 



Persistent Tendency To Neglect Health as an International Goal- 722 



Cost of U.S. Participation in the World Health Organization 723 



Some Aspects of U.S. Support of the WHO Budget 724 



The Impact of Development Studies of WHO 726 



Total Cost of WHO Activities and Total U.S. Contribution— 728 



III. U.S. Agencies Supporting International Health Programs 729 



International Health Activities of the Department of State 729 



AID'S International Health Activities 730 



Trends in the Level of Support for AID'a Health Activities- 731 



AID Health Technicians 732 



Continuing Resources of AID 733 



Recapitulation of A/D Activities 733 



International Activities of the Department of Health, Educa- 

 tion, and Welfare 734 



Overseas Units of the National Institutes of Heath 734 



The Fogarty International Center 73.j 



The Rise and Decline of PHS and NIH Grants in Inter- 

 national Health 736 



Role of HEW in Multilateral Project Support 737 



Failure of Bill To Support International Health Training-- 738 



Recapitulation of HEW Activities 739 



International Health Activities of the Department of Defen.'je.. 739 



Overseas Offices of the Department of Defense 740 



DOD Medical Research Laboratories Overseas 741 



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