Public health

President Truman's Remarks to the Members of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization

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President Harry S. Truman's remarks to the members of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization. The President spoke at 12:20 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. In his opening words he referred to Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency.

President Truman's Remarks on the Presentation of the Report of the Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation

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President Harry S.

Cabinet Meeting Minutes

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Cabinet Meeting Minutes

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Cabinet Meeting Minutes

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Cabinet Meeting Minutes

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Cabinet Meeting Minutes

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President Truman’s Fight for National Health Insurance, 1949-1953

Stacks of an Official Report on Tuberculosis with a Poster Behind Them

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Photo of many copies of an official report on Tuberculosis stacked on a table and nearby cabinets. A poster which can be seen more clearly in photo 2009-2184 illustrates what is being done in Poland to fight the disease.

Women Waiting at a Clinic in Tehran

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Mothers wait with their children outside a clinic in Tehran, Iran, which was established with the assistance of the Point Four Program. A doctor from the Ministry of Health visits the clinic twice a week and treats patients and helps train Iranian girls as health visitors. All women in the photo are unidentified.

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