Field Coverage

U.N. Assistance in the Congo

1 August 1960

Nineteen medical and health teams with a total of 121 staff members, provided by Red Cross and Red Crescent societies or by governments, are now in the Republic of the Congo for aid in the United Nations Civilian Operation there. Their work is being coordinated by the World Health Organization, which has the responsibility for the health activities of the UN operation and is used by the Congo Government as its advisory body in health matters.
Seen here shortly after they arrived in Pisa, en route to the Republic of the Congo earlier this month are two doctors and a nurse, members of the Polish Red Cross team, later assigned to duty in Leopoldville. [No exact date]

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