WHA2.36 Bejel and other Treponematoses

Overview

The Second World Health Assembly

• (1) APPROVES the action taken by the Executive Board and the Expert Committee on Venereal Diseases as regards bejel ;
• (2) REALIZES the importance of treponematoses other than syphilis, such as yaws and bejel ;
• (3) AUTHORIZES the Executive Board to establish an expert group on treponematoses, consisting of the experts on syphilis of the Expert Committee on Venereal Diseases and six experts on other treponematoses, to study these diseases and make recommendations for further action concerning them.