This paper discusses public health services of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The paper provides an overview of SPC and the Pacific Islands, including geography, nationality/culture, and development status. SPC Community Health Programmes (CHP) in the following areas are then described: environmental health; AIDS and STD (sexually…

Summarizes the Administration's amendments to the Clean Air Act and indicates that the proposals are more moderate and less exacerbating than some previous options. (CC)

Twenty true-false questions are provided in this environmental health quiz which is designed to test knowledge about flies and mosquitoes as vectors of communicable diseases. (JR)

An air quality control scheme employing meteorological diffusion, time averaging and frequency, and cost-benefit models is discussed. The methods outlined provide a constant feedback system for air quality control. Flow charts and maps are included. (BL)

Birth and death rates for the Papago population, while in general agreement with similiar data on U.S. Indian populations, were higher in modern than in traditional Papago villages. An earlier version of this paper was read at the annual meeting, Population Association of America, Cincinnati, 1967. (FF)

AHECS is an acronym for area health education centers.'' (DS)

Describes inspectors' work: From hotdogs to helicopters, from vitamins to visas, Federal, State, and local agents are constantly checking, weighing, and testing. (Editor)

Summarizes the issues involved in the supply of energy and the future of mankind. Argues that the problem should be approached as one world problem, not a series of national ones. (AL)

Prepared for delivery at 81st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Los Angeles, California, November 1, 1970, on the need for training more family physicians. (IR)