The League of Red Cross Societies with headquarters at Geneva is sponsoring a conference of the Red Cross Societies of India, the Dutch Indies, Japan, and China, together with the branches of the British, American and French Red Cross Socienes of the Orient, to be held in November.
The Siamese Red Cross and Government have invited the League and its delegates to be its guests during the session. It is expected that delegates from the important international health organizations specially interested in the health problems of the Orient and. the League of Nations Health Organx, ization will be present but the entre number of representatives will be limited to 25. Considering the exclusive character of the gathering Shanghai may consider itself complimented by the invitation extended to Dr. W. W. Peter, secretary of the Council on Health Education, to be present and give a paper on popular health instruction in the Orient. Dr. Peter has served for some time as editorial secretary for China for the League of Red Cross Societies. The Chinese Red Cross will be entitled to two delegates, The problem which the Conference will attack is two-fold, (1) to decide upon a system of' public health instruction best calculated to convince the population of the benefit they will derive from health measures and the absolute necessity that individuals should care for their own health; and (2) to discuss the organization best adapted to carry out the system determined upon in each country. After this the conference will proceed to a study of the most widespread diseases from which the population' of the Orient suffer and the means of combating them by popular instruction. Beri-beri, leprosy, malaria and venereal diseases have been suggested and the participants in the Conference may introduce others.
The Director General of the League of Red Cross Societies and its expert on popular health instruction will proceed from Geneva vid America to Japan and China, thence to Bangkok and afterwards to India, meeting its affiliated societies on the way and holding conferences and. if desired, public mostings. It is anticipated that the League mission will reach China about November 4.
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