The World Health Organization, United Nations affiliate, will open a new tuberculosis center in Jaffa this Thursday, the organization announced here today.
Heading the project, designed to aid Israel’s fight against the dread disease through treatment and training of medical personnel, will be Dr. H. Papanikilaou, Greek medical consultant to WHO, and Miss M. Moltke, former director of the Copenhagen Central Dispensary. They will be aided by a staff of 15 doctors, 15 nurses and another 15 social workers and laboratory technicians. Sanatorium facilities will be available for medical treatment and a training program for local health personnel will be instituted.
A WHO report on Israel states that the Jewish State has a low TB death rate–10.5 per 100,000–with good sanatoria and effective curative measures. The report adds that despite the low death rate “the actual occurrence” of the disease is “quite high” and the country does not have adequate facilities for preventative measures.
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