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clear the massive commitment of resources and talent that will be required no matter which route is chosen. I have talked mostly about welfare today because this is a critical moment for our public assistance programs. But in a sense this is a critical moment for all of the programs involved in the reorganization: for all of the children we are able to reach through medical and other services; for all of the aged whose lives can be enriched in a great variety of ways; for all of the handicapped who can be helped toward more independent and asatisfying lives. For those of us involved in these fields, I think it is fair to say that there has never been a time when we saw the needs more clearly or were willing to face the problems more honestly. We are now prepared to say that we want a Nation in which no one is damaged by circumstances that can be prevented, a Nation in which everyone is enabled to make the most of his potentialities, a Nation in which no one is shut out from the life of society. To achieve this kind of Nation will require a mobilizaiton of public understanding and support far beyond anything we have attempted so far. I assure you that I will do my best to try to enlarge public understanding and rally the support we need. And I urge you to do the same in your communities. We need hands to help us and heads to think with us. Make the most of your aid allies in the voluntary agencies and other groups. Rally new allies from the great pool of talented womanpower, from students, from businessmen, from all who will want to have a share in conquering our problems when they are helped to understand what those problems are. You will be doing them a favor. And you will be doing the country a great service. Healt-h In South Viet Nam The population of South Viet Nam is approximately fifteen million. A 1964 U.N.E.S.C.O. study showed that fifty-three percent of the people are under twenty-one and forty-six percent are under sixteen years of age. This is a reflection of the life expectancy of thirty-five years and the cumulative death rate which reaches fifty percent at age twenty (In the USA the corresponding age is 60). Infant mortality is estimated at twenty-five percent—more than tenfold that of the USA. Major public health problems include tuberculosis, polio, typhoid, and enteric infections. Malaria control has been severely hindered by the war. Four thousand five hundred cases of bubonic plague occurred in 1965 and the W.H.O. reported an increase of twenty-five thousand cases of cholera in 1964. Four fifiths of the population has been infected with trachoma and thirty percent are partially blind as a result. Vitamin deficiencies including beriberi, night blindness, and kwashiorkor occur. Dental care is poor. Potable water exists only in large cities. Garbage collections in cities is inadequate. There are approximately one thousand South Vietnamese physicians. Seven hundred are in the army and about half the remainder are in Saigon. In rural areas the physician patient ratio is often 1:250,000 or less. Medical Opinion and Review, August, 1967. October, 1967 THE HEALTH BULLETIN 144
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1967 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-082 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 82 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 11 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1967 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-082-0143 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 82 |
Issue Number | 9 |
Page Number | 11 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | clear the massive commitment of resources and talent that will be required no matter which route is chosen. I have talked mostly about welfare today because this is a critical moment for our public assistance programs. But in a sense this is a critical moment for all of the programs involved in the reorganization: for all of the children we are able to reach through medical and other services; for all of the aged whose lives can be enriched in a great variety of ways; for all of the handicapped who can be helped toward more independent and asatisfying lives. For those of us involved in these fields, I think it is fair to say that there has never been a time when we saw the needs more clearly or were willing to face the problems more honestly. We are now prepared to say that we want a Nation in which no one is damaged by circumstances that can be prevented, a Nation in which everyone is enabled to make the most of his potentialities, a Nation in which no one is shut out from the life of society. To achieve this kind of Nation will require a mobilizaiton of public understanding and support far beyond anything we have attempted so far. I assure you that I will do my best to try to enlarge public understanding and rally the support we need. And I urge you to do the same in your communities. We need hands to help us and heads to think with us. Make the most of your aid allies in the voluntary agencies and other groups. Rally new allies from the great pool of talented womanpower, from students, from businessmen, from all who will want to have a share in conquering our problems when they are helped to understand what those problems are. You will be doing them a favor. And you will be doing the country a great service. Healt-h In South Viet Nam The population of South Viet Nam is approximately fifteen million. A 1964 U.N.E.S.C.O. study showed that fifty-three percent of the people are under twenty-one and forty-six percent are under sixteen years of age. This is a reflection of the life expectancy of thirty-five years and the cumulative death rate which reaches fifty percent at age twenty (In the USA the corresponding age is 60). Infant mortality is estimated at twenty-five percent—more than tenfold that of the USA. Major public health problems include tuberculosis, polio, typhoid, and enteric infections. Malaria control has been severely hindered by the war. Four thousand five hundred cases of bubonic plague occurred in 1965 and the W.H.O. reported an increase of twenty-five thousand cases of cholera in 1964. Four fifiths of the population has been infected with trachoma and thirty percent are partially blind as a result. Vitamin deficiencies including beriberi, night blindness, and kwashiorkor occur. Dental care is poor. Potable water exists only in large cities. Garbage collections in cities is inadequate. There are approximately one thousand South Vietnamese physicians. Seven hundred are in the army and about half the remainder are in Saigon. In rural areas the physician patient ratio is often 1:250,000 or less. Medical Opinion and Review, August, 1967. October, 1967 THE HEALTH BULLETIN 144 |
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Article Title | HEW Chief Explains Reorganization |
Article Author | Gardner, John W. |
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