International Union of Venereal Diseases and Treponematoses (IUVDT) proposes ASHA as its Regional Office/Americas and its liaison office to the United Nations

In the late 1940s, ASHA began working internationally after a report was published by the International Union Against the Venereal Disease and Treponematsoes (IUVDT). In the report it stated, “It is estimated that at least two billion occasions arise annually in which persons in one land might be infected by persons of another.” ASHA promoted VD educational programs in other countries, particularly Latin America throughout the late 1950s.

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