WAR' ON MALARIA
A tremendous campaign against malaria is being fought in Kussia. During the first half of 1936 the number of deaths dropped by 40 per cent, and there were 35 per cent, fewer cases of malaria than the same period of 1935. Thousands of acres of infected areas were sprinkled with oil by 50,000 farmers and a few flying men, and 200,000 mosquito nets and screens were distributed among people living in the danger zone. Special training in fighting the disease was given to 4000 doctors and medical students, who went to work in many villages under the leadership of 230 specialists in the disease.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 6
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107WAR' ON MALARIA Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 6
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