Correspondence relating to WHO report on human genetics in the developing world

Correspondence concerning the meeting in Mexico City, 9-11 August 1982 and final report of the Task Group on the World Health Organisation Human Genetics Program.

Incldues pre-meeting draft 'The integration of medical genetics to the health care programs in developing countries' by J. M. Cantú, a copy of draft report with extensive annotations by George Fraser, and a letter from I. Gottesman critical of the draft, annotated by Fraser.

The draft of the report by W. J. Schull and George Fraser proved somewhat controversial. Reference is made to this meeting in the account by Schull in the Festschrift to Fraser, pp. 61-62, 'George R. Fraser: scholar'.

The Task Group comprised Fraser, Arno Motulsky, James V. Neel, Anver Kuliev, Rubén Lisker, Antonio Velázquez, J. M. Cantú, Irving Gottesman and W. J Schull.