UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
W O R L D H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
THIRD TOHLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A3/Prog/2 S
5 May 1950 COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
HYDATIDOSIS
(Provisional Agenda Item P.6.13)
Health officials of Uruguay have drawn the attention of the WHO to the problem of hydatidosis -which is a serious human disease in certain areas of the world, including parts of the Mediterranean region, Oceania, Asia, and South America. Apart from human infection, this disease causes considerable economical losses in food-producing animals resulting in a diminution of badly needed food supplies.
The facts concerning this disease are well known and its eradication is feasible in most areas through co-ordinated efforts directed towards preventing the transmission of the parasite from dogs to man.
The Committee on Programme, therefore, might wish to recommend to the Third World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:
The Third World Health Assembly
NOTES the importance of hydatidosis in certain areas of the world, both as a human infection and as a cause of losses in food supplies, and REQUESTS the Director-General, in co-operation with other specialized agencies and organizations, wherever possible, to lend technical
assistance for its eradication upon request of government authorities.
