ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Agenda item 2.7.5

THIRTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

(Draft resolution proposed by the delegations of Algeria， Gambi Ghana

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and Yugoslavia)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALARIA ACTION PROGRAMME IN AFRICA

The Thirty-second World Health Assembly,

Noting with grave concern that, in spite of the recommendations of resolution W H A 3 1 .45 adopted by the Thirty-first World Health Assembly and numerous previous resolutions on the subject, organized antimalaria activities are yet to be initiated by most countries in the African Region where the havoc caused by the disease is greatest;

Realizing that many African countries are faced with complex financial, administrative, technical and operational problems in connexion with the planning, implementation and

evaluation of realistic and flexible antimalaria activities in accordance with the new tactical variants developed by the Organization;

Realizing further that, unless the African countries are assisted to implement realistic antimalaria activities, the situation will further deteriorate and consequently jeopardize the achievement of the goal of health for all by the year 2000;

1. URGES Member States

(1) to establish technical cooperation for the urgent development of realistic antimalaria activities in the spirit of resolutions W H A 3 1 .41 and EB63.R31 on technical cooperation among developing countries and based on technical

guidelines developed by the World Health Organization's Malaria Action Programme;

(2) to intensify coordination with WHO and other international, bilateral and voluntary agencies in the mobilization of the necessary resources in support of

antimalaria activities, including the production of antimalaria drugs and insecticides in countries in need of such supplies;

(3) to intensify cooperation and collaboration with WHO and other cooperating agencies as appropriate;

2. REQUESTS the Director-General

(1) to establish a special task force for the cooperation and collaboration with Member States in Africa in the development of organized antimalaria activities;

(2) to strengthen further WHO's functional structure, particularly at the regional level, so as to gear the Organization to undertake the maximum possible comprehensive, purposeful and effective action, with the goal of speedy combat of the disease;

(3) to give high priority to the malaria control programme in future Programme Budgets;

(4) to explore every possibility of securing additional extrabudgetary funds for the Malaria Action Programme, and

(5) to report to the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly on the progress made.