THE CONTRIBUTION OF OVERSEAS HEALTH AND MEDICAL-SERVICES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION

This article reminds the contribution of Health and Medical Services i n overseas territories and other developping countries. Seconded to He alth Services, Pasteur Institutes, other scientific research Organisat ions, and International Organisations (FAO, WHO), medical doctors and pharmacists, properly trained in nutrition, have studied under-nutriti on and malnutrition, and their effects on the health of the population s and the economy of their countries. Later, in cooperation with all d epartment concerned, they have realised a number of applied programmes , aiming at a real improvement in the situation or even the eradicatio n of nutritional deficiencies. However the article deals mainly with a ctions related to food production and distribution, from the establish ment of a national food policy to agriculture planning and evaluation, including specific, applied nutrition programmes in agriculture devel opment and supplementary feeding programmes.