Malaria epidemics in Europe after the First World War: the early stages of an international approach to the control of the disease

História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos

Gabriel Gachelin²  Annick Opinel¹ 

[1] ,Université Paris 7Paris,France

关键词: malaria;    League of Nations;    Malaria Commission;    Bonifica Program;    Rockefeller Foundation;    malária;    Liga das Nações;    Comissão de Malária;    Programa Bonifica;    Fundação Rockefeller;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-59702011000200009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The severity and endemicity of malaria declined gradually in Europe until WWI. During and after the war, the number of malaria cases increased substantially and peaked in 1922-1924. This prompted the Hygiene Commission of the League of Nations to establish a Malaria Commission in 1923 to define the most efficient anti-malaria procedures. Additionally, between 1924 and 1930 there were several international meetings and collaborations concerning malaria, which involved the main institutes of parasitology and the Rockefeller Foundation. The Commission reports, the guidelines for anti-malaria campaigns and the scientific programs which came out of these meetings and collaborations are analyzed in the present paper.

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