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and Safety and Health m Agriculture Wnte for a copy of the complete list of safety and health publications Under the expanded technical assistance program of the United Nations, the ILO office has sent safety and health and labor inspec tion experts to Argentina, Burma, Chile, Egypt, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thai land, and Turkey Under the United Nations Development Program, the ILO has sent safety and health and labour inspection ex perts to more than 30 countries throughout the world In many cases it has supplied technical equipment for laboratory and dem onstration purposes In cooperation with the Special Fund of the United Nations, ILO has carried out two com prehensive projects, one in the field of mine safety and the other in occupational safety and health linked to productivity techniques These projects have led to the establishment of the Central Mining Research Station at Dhanbad and of three Regional Labour In stitutes, also m India Fellowships under the program have been awarded to safety and health officials in several countries to enable them to study in highly industrialized countries Pan Amencan Health Organization Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 525 23rd St NW , Washington, D C 20037 Originally established as the International Sanitary Bureau in 1902, the Pan Amencan Health Organization serves as the regional office lor the World Health Organization for the Americas The purposes of the PAHO are to promote and coordinate the efforts of the countries of the Western Hemisphere to combat disease, lengthen life, and promote the physical and mental health of the people Programs encompass technical collabora tion with governments in the field of public health, including such subjects as sanitary engineering and environmental sanitation, eradication or control of communicable dis eases, and maternal and child health World Health Organization Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland The United States became a member of the World Health Organization on June 21, 1948, by joint resolution of Congress There are over 125 member nations and 3 associate member nations in WHO WHO's objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health --physical, mental, and social The organiza tion recognizes health as fundamental to the attainment of peace and security, and as being dependent upon the fullest cooperation of individuals and states WHO assists countries to strengthen their public health services, including environ mental sanitation, mental health, communi cable disease control, and health aspects of the peaceful uses of atomic energy Advisory and demonstration teams are sent to countries requesting assistance Educational Institutions Many colleges and universities offer formal courses in industrial safety In the following list, compiled by the Amencan Society of Safety Engineers, accredited four-year col leges and universities are grouped by those that offer a degree program with concentra tion on industnal safety and those that offer one or more credit courses as an elective within engineenng or education curricula The ASSE survey is titled "Safety Courses and Degree Programs Currently Available, July 1968 " Over 1250 accredited 4-year col leges and universities across the USA and Canada were surveyed The list was com piled from information supplied by the 67 respondents (out of 152) who said they of fered degree programs and/or credit courses in safety This survey showed that no clear-cut cur riculum m safety has been developed Be cause of the broad scope, overlap, and inter disciplinary relationships in the field, degree programs (primarily at the Masters level) have been established in engineering and educa tion departments of institutions, mostly as a result of an individual at that institution who saw a need As a result of the increasing national in terest m product, traffic, and occupational safety, it is ASSE's intent to carry out a vigor ous role in working with institutions that pres ently have, who are actively planning, or who are interested in developing such programs 367