Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program.

To the Congress of the United States:

I am pleased to present to the Congress the Eighth Annual Report of the United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program. This bilateral research effort in the biomedical sciences was successfully implemented in 1965 following a meeting between the Prime Minister of Japan and the President of the United States.

During 1974, this Program has continued to direct attention to the study and prevention of a group of significant diseases which influence the health status of the people of Asia: cholera, environmentally induced diseases, leprosy, malnutrition, parasitic diseases (filariasis and schistosomiasis), tuberculosis, and vital diseases (rabies, dengue-hemorrhagic fever and other selected arboviral diseases).

The accomplishments attained during the past year are highlighted in the report of the Program which I am submitting to Congress today. I look forward to strengthening further the valuable and productive relationships provided by this model of cooperative international endeavor for the health benefits of our fellow man.

GERALD R. FORD

The White House,

July 8, 1975.