Status of the antimalaria campaign in the Americas: V Report

The program continued to have difficulties with financial resources; of the 3,451,003 lempiras requested, only 1,509,620 lempiras were approved (43.7 per cent).

Between 1956-1959, all countries in the Americas where malaria was a problem ini- tiated their malaria eradication programs, using residual house spraying with insecticides as

By the end of the year, of the seven foci previously registered, only two remained (Bocas del Toro and Darien) where transmission was still observed. The program

Most of the cases in the area in the consolidation phase were due to a small epi- demic outbreak which occurred in the Province of Salta, against which corrective

from the PAHO/WHO by.the countries for :the study, organization, execution, and evaluation of smallpox eradication programs, national smallpox vac6i- nation

The Director will consult with Governments in the Americas, particularly withk the Government of the United Statesiof America which has contributed so gener- ously to the

During the second meeting of the Advisory Committee on Medical Research which met in June 1963 in Washington, D.C., three documents on nutrition were presented:

Leprosy is not a disease apart, since in the countries where it is endemic it is a general public health problem, one to be considered along with the others present in the