articipation of 150 staff members from 18
countries in the Region.  Support for the process of local health
system decentralization and development was ratified at the
meeting, and a regional agreement was worked out to continue
advancing in this line of cooperation with the countries.
     The Organization continued cooperating with the countries in
activities to evaluate experiences in local health systems.  For
this purpose, subregional workshops were held at Santa Cruz,
Bolivia, Tabasco, Mex