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(Corregido en M4xico) PRELIMIINIARY PROGRAM

FIRST PART

SIXTH PAN AMERICAN CONFEREN1CE OF

INATIOIAL DIRECTORS OF IEALTH and

SECOND iiEETIiG OF THE DIRECTING COUNICIL TECHNICAL SECTION

October 4
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7, 1948

Mexico, D.F.

Monday. Octb'be

9:00 A.M.: Ref1 :.ration of Delegates at the Ministry of Health & Welfare. 9:30 A.M.: Preliminary Session. Organization. Election of the Executive Board of the Technical Section.* Designation of the Committees on Credentials, Regulations and Procedure. 11:00 A.M.: Official Opening, (Palacio de Bellas Artes) Welcome to the Delegates in the name of the Government of Mexico and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Response in the name of the Delegates. Declaration of the opening of the Sixth Pan American Conference of National Directors of Health and the second Meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, by His Excellency Miguel Alemii, President of the United States of Mexico.
4:00 F.M. - 6:30 P.M,.: First Plenary Session - Auditorium of the

Heart Institute. Reports of the Commlittees on Credentials, Regulations and Procedure. Presentation and discussion of the following papers: (a) "Control of Diseases Transmitted by Arthropod Vectors" Dr. Justin M. Andrews. (b) "Control de la Fiebre Amarilla y de otras Enfermedades
Transmitidas por Ilosquitos"l - Dr. Adhemar Paoliello.

(c) "Febre Amarela - Contribuiggo ao Contr6le do Aedes (Stegomyia) aegVrti, visando a sua Erradicaq$o Continental" Dr. Octavio P. Severo. (d) "Control de las Enfermedades Trasmitidas gor Mosquitos, especialmente An6feles" - Dr. Carlos A, Alvarado. * Since the Third Pan American Confer-nce of National Directors of Health, the Executive Board has consisted of a Chairman and four Vice-Chairmen.

-2Tuesday. October 5
9:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.: Second Plenary Session - Auditorium of the

Institute of Health and Tropical Medicine. Presentation and discussion of the following papers: a) "Control de las enfermedades Trasmitidas por Pulgas" Dr. Atilio lUacchiavello. b) "Control de las Enfermedades Trasmitidas por Simdlidos" Dr. Luis Vargas. c) "Control de las Enfermedades Trasmitidas por Triatomas" Dr. Emmanuel Dias. d) "Control de las Enfermedades Trasmitidas por Piojosr Dr. Felipe M1alo Juvera and Dr. Carlos Ortiz Mariotte. e) "Control of Diseases Transmitted by Flies" - Dr. James Watt, 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.: papers: PreSentation and discussion of the following

a) 'Observations on New Rodenticides" - Dr. E. R. Kalmbach b) "Origen, Desarrollo y Extensidn de la Enfermedad HidAtica en America" - Dr. Velarde Pdrez Fontana. c) '"Problemas de Hidatidosis" - Dr. Carlos A. Crivellari. d) "Problemas de Histoplasmosis" - Dr. Antonio Gonzalez Ochoa. Wednesday. October 6 9:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.: Presentation and discussion of the following papers: a) "Enfermedades Vendreas en general y programa de investigacidn en Guatemala" - Dr. Juan M. Funes. b) "Chemotherapy of Malaria" - Dr. Robert Coatney c) "Control de la Oncocercosis y Evaluacion de Nuevas Drogas para la Filariasis" - Dr. Adrign Torres Muftoz y Dr. Luis ilazzotti. d) "Experimental Therapy of Onchocerciasis with Suranim and
Hetrazan" - Dr. Thomas A. Burch

e) "Evaluation of venereal disease treament" - Dr. Robert D, Wright f) "Evaluaci6n de iNuevas Drogas para e1 tratamiento de la Peste"Dr. Atilio Macchiavello.

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4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.: following papers:

Presentation and discussion of the

(a) "A Avaliagao de novas drogas para a lepra n Drs. Avelino Alonso Miguez and Joao Batista Rizi. (b) "Evaluation of New Drugs for the Treatment of the Rickettsial Diseasesn Dr. Joseph E,. Smadel. General public health problems: 1. Importance of Public Health Dentistry Dr. Bruce D, Forsyth. 2. "Odontologfa Preventiva y Servicios de Odontologta en los Centros de Salubridad
y AIestencia" - Dr. F4lix R. L6ycegui.

Thursday. October 7 9:00 A.M.: Ceremony in the Central Department (City Government) to receive the Delegates and Representatives as Guests of the City. 10:00 A.M.-: Visit to the Lerma Water Works.

1:00 P.M.: Lunch at Xochimilco, offered to the Ladies by the Department of Health and Welfare. 2:00 P.M.: Lunch at Atarasquillo, offered to the Delegates by the Central Department.

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VI PAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL DIRECTORS OF HEALTH AND SECOND MEETING (TECHNICAL SECTION) OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL of the PAN AMERICAN SANITARY ORGANIZATION DRAFT OF THE INTERNAL PROCEDURE October 4 - 7, 19~4 Mexico, D. F. Art. 1 - The VI Pan American Conference of National Directors of Health will take place in Mexico City from the 4th to the 7th of October, 194$, ointly with the Second Meeting of the Directing ouncil of the Pan American Sanitary Organization. Art. 2 - Delegates of the American Republics, alternates and observers, subject to the approval of the Conference, shall be considered official members.

Art. 3 - Ex-officio representatives of the Pan American

3initary Bureau and observers from other countries and institutions, subject to the approval of the Conference, shall be considered members.

Art. 4- The Officers of the Conference shall be: a Chairman, four Vice-Chairmen, and a General Executive Secretary, to be elected by the official members of the Conference. Art. 5 - The calling of Delegations shall be done in alphabetical order by the countries represented, each country having one vote. Art. 6 - At the proposal of the Chairman, the Conference shall appoint the following committees composed of its members: I. Credentials II. Regulations and Procedure Art. 7 - The official languages of the Conference shall be English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Art. g - The papers, as listed in the official program, shall be read by the authors or persons designated by the Executive Board in the absence of the author, taking no more than 20 minutes for the reading,

-2Art. 9- Articles which are considered as forming part of a series shall be read in succession by the authors or by their representatives, all comments and replies being held until the end of the series, instead of taking each one separately. Comments and replies on papers shall not exceed 5 minutes and the closing discussion by the author of the paper, shall not exceed 10 minutes. Meeting shall see that the rules are complied with.
Art. 12 - These rules may be modified in accordance with

Art. 10 - Round table discussions will be held.

Art. 11 - The Chairman, or the Vice-Chairman, of the

the resolutions of the Conference, if it is deemed necessary.

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