Year: 1959
Type: article
Abstract: It is now possible to look forward to the eradication, in the not too distant future, of such scourges as yaws and leprosy," according to the annual report of Dr. F. J. C. Cambournac, director of WHO's Regional Office for Africa.His report, presented at the recent meeting of the Regional Committee for Africa, in- dicated great strides in the control of communicable diseases in Africa, south of the Sahara.The malaria eradication program has encountered difficulties, however, because in many areas residual spraying does not stop transmission of the disease under tropical African conditions.A co- ordinated intercountry eradication cam- paign has been initiated to reach more than four million persons scattered over a vast area.Also reported by the director were 117 WHO fellowships from the African area in the year ending June 30, 1959, in addition to expanded training of health personnel in nursing.sanitary engineer- ing.and maternal and child health.The Americas:The Pan American Health Organization.WHO's Regional Office for the Americas, at its September meeting in Washington, reported that smallpox is still considered a major public health problem in the Western Hemisphere.Of 103,491 people reported infected from 15 countries in 10 years, 16,000 died of the disease.Although "the expenditures required for completion of the hemis- phere-wide campaign to eradicate small- pox are relatively small when compared with the enormous costs of campaigns to eradicate other major diseases," the VOL.49, NO. 12, A.J.P.H.
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
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