AFR/RC19/R6:
The Regional Committee,
Having examined and discussed the report of the Regional Director on education and training in the African Region;1
Considering that continuity of action is essential in view of the magnitude and urgency of the problem of education and training in our countries;
Convinced that it is necessary for each State to undertake manpower studies based on information which can be used to bring education and training programmes into line with the real needs and available resources,
1. CONFRATULATES the Regional Director and his staff on the excellent report submitted to the Committee;
2. REQUESTS the Regional Director to continue his activities on the lines of the recommendations contained in the report;
3. INVITES the governments to do all in their power to (a) undertake analysis of the available data with a view to better defining the educational objectives and (b) promote integrated teaching in the training centres for health service personnel of the countries of the African Region;
4. REQUESTS the Regional Director to transmit to the Director-General in accordance with operative paragraph 2, c, d of resolution WHA21.20 for inclusion in his report to the forty-fifth session of the Executive Board the recommendations and conclusions expressed at the present session.
October 1966, 19, 6
1 Documents AFR/RC19/5 and AFR/RC19/5 Add.1.
