XIII World Congress of IAAMRH Venue : Iowa City                       Held during: September 7-10,1998 Theme : "the International Association of Agricultural Medicine & Rural Health in 21st Century" Focus : "to understand how modern technology can be applied to resolving problems that affect the health and safety of those involved in agricultural pursuits thorughtout the World." The president Prof.L.W.Knapp remarked that the focus is "to understand how modern technology can be applied to resolving problems that affect the health and safety of those involved in agricultural pursuits thoughout he World"., The topics which are taken up during the congress includes Ecology and rural health Disease trends in rural areas Zoonoses and agricultural medicine Technology delivery systems General health delivery systems Interventions schemes and promotion Accidents and rehabilitation Rural health gerontology Pesticides exposure potentials and rural health Primary health care paterns in rural areas Food and nutritional problems in rual areas Agricultural workers sociological problems.