The Archive · 1933

Pablic Health Aid

The plan of technical ce-operation between China and the League goes back to contacts in the field of pub- condi lic health beginning in the winter 1922-23, which eventually led to a request to the League Health Organisation in September 1929 for a survey of port health and maritime Quarantine conditions.

In January 1981, the Jernment invited to Chi tions (Health; munications; Financial and Economic) on the ground that the contacts with the Health Organisation had proved useful and that it now desired to discuss whether practical leollaboration with the several tech-Inical organisations and experts of the League might be foond "feasi-Tu-May, 1991, the Chinese Government informed the Council that it had set up a National Economic \Couneil to devise and apply ® programme of national reconstruction, \d_ wished to avail itself of the League technical organisations in ud carrying out is project. The Gov-fernment asked that the Lei technical organisations should continuously available for adv've to the Government and National Feono-Linie Council in connection with plan of reconstruction by (1) the [presence in China of a general liniison oticer, (2) the sending or proposing of experts in contact with ithe relevant technical organisations, for the execution of particular projects, (3) assistance in framing or improving: some particular scheme Jat the request of the Government, (4) help in the training of Chinese technical oticers, (5) assisting the Government to find experts to cooperate in developing the Chinese educational system and facilitating intercourse between the centres of intellectual activity in China and This plan of ce-operation was approved by the Council on May 19, 1981. In execution of the pi series of steps have been the Health Organisation has sent to China'n number of experts on tem porary missions, including a survey Jot medical education in China and a plan for reorganizing the quarantine service. "Tt has stationed in China liaison officer, Dr. Borcic (Jugosiay attached to the National Health A ministration, who has now eccupi this post for nearly three years, and assists the Government. in connec tion with setting up a national field th station anda. national has carrying out the iting from. the various and Termporury missions.

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