international cooperation in health

international cooperation in health Sec. 501. (a) The Congress of the United States recognizes that large areas of the world are being ravaged by diseases and other health deficiencies which are causing widespread suffering, debility, and death, and are seriously deterring the efforts of peoples in such areas to develop their resources and productive capacities and to improve 73 Stat. 256 their living conditions. The Congress also recognizes that international efforts are needed to assist such peoples in bringing diseases and other health deficiencies under control, in preventing their spread or reappearance, and in eliminating their basic causes. Accordingly, the Congress affirms that it is the policy of the United States to accelerate its efforts to encourage and support international cooperation in programs directed toward the conquest of diseases and other health deficiencies. (b) In order to carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of this section and in order to plan logically for an orderly expansion of United States support to international health activities, the President is authorized to undertake, in cooperation directly with other governments, or indirectly through utilizing the resources and services of the United Nations and the Organization of American States or any of their specialized agencies, programs and projects of research, studies, field surveys, trials, and demonstrations to determine the feasibility of future intensive programs for reduction, control, or eradication of disease problems of international importance. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 451 (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the purposes of this section.