RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM: IN STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SUMMARY REPORT OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Autor: VONDERLEHR, R. A., BUNDESEN, HERMAN N., MOORE, JOSEPH EARLE, NELSON, N. A., PELOUZE, P. S., SNOW, WILLIAM F., STOKES, JOHN H., WILE, U. J., USILTON, LIDA J.
Zdroj: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; January 1936, Vol. 106 Issue: 2 p115-118, 4p
Abstrakt: Problems relating to the control of syphilis and gonorrhea have offered a challenge which some health departments have not accepted and to which many health departments have given only partial recognition. The widespread prevalence of and economic loss due to these diseases have been reemphasized repeatedly. To stress again such prevalence and loss would be unnecessary.In the past decade scientific opinion, especially with regard to the treatment of syphilis, has crystallized and authorities are now agreed that much progress can be made in the control of syphilis during the next few years if modern knowledge is accurately applied. In order to summarize such knowledge and to point out the most salient features in an effective program, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has appointed an advisory committee, which has been charged with this responsibility.The large number of state and local health departments and the heterogeneous
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