Veterinary medical science and human health : veterinary activities of agencies of the United States Government in relationship to functions performed by State and local governments, private groups, and intergovernmental organizations / Prepared for the Committee on Government Operations, U.S. Senate and its Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations (pursuant to S. Res. 347, 85th Congress, and S. Res. 42 and 255, 86th Congress).
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
- Date:
- 1961
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Veterinary medical science and human health : veterinary activities of agencies of the United States Government in relationship to functions performed by State and local governments, private groups, and intergovernmental organizations / Prepared for the Committee on Government Operations, U.S. Senate and its Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations (pursuant to S. Res. 347, 85th Congress, and S. Res. 42 and 255, 86th Congress). Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH STUDY nongovernmental organizations. The account of the official work abroad included assistance rendered by U.S. Government, foreign government and intergovernmental organizations. Committee Print No. 9 was entitled “Health in the Americas and the Pan American Health Organization—Program of the Pan Ameri- can Health Organization of the World Health Organization in the Americas” (105 pp.). It presented a summary of activities of this intergovernmental organization. This includes its activity as regards communicable diseases, specific health problems, environmental sanita- tion, health services and facilities, coordination of research, health manpower as well as PAHO’s possible future role. Committee Print No. 10 was entitled “Radiation Research in the Life Sciences” (175 pp.). It summarized information on the magni- tude, organization, and distribution of programs in fields such as radiation biology, genetics, toxicology, protection, detection and meas- urement, education and training, as well as in environmental radia- tion, agricultural application, and related fields. Hearings Hearings—Part I (310 pp.): Transcript of testimony by medical experts in Washington, D.C., in July 1959 and of discussions in Western Europe in November—December 1958 on long-range trends, opportunities and challenges in international medical research. Hearings—Part II]—Appendix (443 pp.): Exhibits from official sources—U.S. Government agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and foreign nations as regards international health cooperation. Hearings—Part I1I—Appendix (490 pp.) : Similar exhibits from nonofficial sources—deans of American and foreign medical schools, winners of the Nobel Prize, officers of professional medical organiza- tions, and others, as regards international health teamwork. “Coordination of Activities of Federal Agencies in Biomedical Re- search” (251 pp.): Testimony given in Washington in August 1960, together with 69 exhibits, on teamwork of Federal organizations sup- porting life sciences research, particularly in the management of in- formation on current projects. Report Senate Report 142, 87th Congress, Part I (3816 pp.): It contained a series of policy conclusions by the Committee on Government Opera- tions on coordination of Federal biomedical research. The bulk of part I consisted of an agency-by-agency description and itemization of health-related expenditures.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32177458_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
