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World Health Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The annual report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the year 1956 was a comprehensive account of the year's accomplishments, in which particular emphasis was laid on the eradication of certain communicable diseases, especially malaria, on WHO's role in the development of national health services and on the effect of the research stimulated, promoted or coordinated by WHO on the national health administrations. The report also referred to the responsibility of WHO in a new field of public health—the peaceful uses of atomic energy.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1957

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1 World Health Organization, Official Records, No. 75Google Scholar, “The Work of WHO 1956, Annual Report of the Director-General to the World Health Assembly and to the United Nations.” For a summary of the report of the Director-General for 1955, see International Organization, X, p. 489–490.