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

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos

DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702011000200009

Authors: Gabriel Gachelin, Annick Opinel

Institutions: Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pasteur

Language: English

Topic: History of Medicine and Tropical Health

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2089853300

FWCI: 15.93

Cites: 14

Cited by: 20

Related to: 10