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WHO's "Health for All by the Year 2000" gives as subsidiary objective number 5 "The elimination of measles, poliomyelitis, neonatal tetanus, congenital sequelae of rubella, diphtheria, congenital syphilis and malaria from the European region by the year 2000". This would be attained by a well organized primary care which guarantees effective epidemiological supervision, a vaccination programme with full support, instruction on the risks associated with syphilis, and screening and eventual treatment of pregnant women. It was earlier declared in Norway that congenital rubella should not occur after 1990. Vaccination is carried out; rubella has long been a notifiable disease, and the incidence thereof in females over the age of 15 years is registered in order to ascertain why and how women are nevertheless infected thereby.
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PMID:[Rubella monitoring in Norway]. 236 93

From the moment WHO was established in 1948, the control of venereal diseases was felt to deserve highest priority, together with activities to control malaria and tuberculosis. International action was needed in view of the high morbidity and mortality from venereal diseases, their serious human and social consequences, and the prevalence of congenital syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases (gonorrhoea, chancroid, venereal lymphogranulomatosis, granuloma inguinale). WHO immediately set up a global programme for the control of STDs and, with the participation of other agencies, especially UNICEF, furnished countries with assistance in the form of personnel, equipment and funds for the operation of programmes to assess the extent and impact of STDs and to plan and implement practical measure of control. The 1950s witnessed a steady and considerable decline in syphilis and gonorrhoea and many health authorities relaxed their control activities and efforts to maintain public awareness of the problem. In contrast to the prevailing optimism, WHO repeatedly stressed the possibility of a renewed upsurge of STDs. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a sharp rise in STDs, both in the "classic" diseases (the five venereal diseases mentioned above) and also in the "second generation" STDs (chlamydial infection, genital herpes, human papillomavirus and other infections). Through its programme for the control of STDs, WHO put forward suitably designed control strategies, essentially based on information and education for health, screening for STDs, diagnosis and treatment of cases, contact tracing, and the training of health personnel. By the end of the 1970s, the bacterial, but not the viral STDs, had been contained in the industrialized countries. In many of the developing countries, STDs remained a priority public health problem, above all on account of the seriousness of their sequelae. In 1981, a new sexually transmitted disease-the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-was identified. As of 1982, the WHO Programme on STDs organized meetings to define the extent of the problem, compare experience, promote and coordinate research and propose strategies for prevention. In 1987, WHO established a Global Programme on AIDS. It is clear that the control of STDs is now more than ever a priority. We have strategies for the prevention and control of STDs and the WHO Programme will continue to collaborate closely with countries in strengthening their national control programmes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:[The campaign against sexually transmissible diseases and endemic treponematoses]. 245 57

The first 100 Indochinese refugee patients screened at Oakland (Calif) Children's Hospital had a remarkably high incidence of treatable infectious and parasitic diseases. The PPD skin tests were positive in 28%, and stool parasites were present in 65%. There were wide differences among the various ethnic groups in prevalence of stool parasites, anemia, and hemoglobin E trait, with a higher rate among Cambodians accounting for these differences. There were also differences in stool parasite patterns when the refugees were separated by ethnic origin. Cambodians had predominantly hookworm and Strongyloides, Laotians harbored hookworm and Trichuris, and Vietnamese were infested with Trichuris and Giardia. Malaria. Pott's disease, and congenital syphilis were among the uncommonly encountered diseases. Results of screening will vary with ethnic origin, but health screening has a high yield for all Indochinese refugees.
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PMID:Health screening of Indochinese refugee children. 710 21