La erradicación de la malaria en Puerto Rico
For decades, malaria was a serious public health problem in Puerto Rico. In 1962, that country became the first tropical territory in the Americas, and possibly in the world, to receive certification from WHO for having eradicated malaria and having declared itself free of the disease. This report c...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:07272b8fd8b74e3da5c83331d9a67843 2023-05-15T14:57:27+02:00 La erradicación de la malaria en Puerto Rico Miranda Franco Rafael Casta Vélez Alfredo 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/07272b8fd8b74e3da5c83331d9a67843 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997000800015 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 https://doaj.org/article/07272b8fd8b74e3da5c83331d9a67843 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 146-150 (1997) Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 1997 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T02:52:25Z For decades, malaria was a serious public health problem in Puerto Rico. In 1962, that country became the first tropical territory in the Americas, and possibly in the world, to receive certification from WHO for having eradicated malaria and having declared itself free of the disease. This report chronicles the tremendous effort that was dedicated to the eradication campaign in Puerto Rico, which took place in the first part of this century. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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For decades, malaria was a serious public health problem in Puerto Rico. In 1962, that country became the first tropical territory in the Americas, and possibly in the world, to receive certification from WHO for having eradicated malaria and having declared itself free of the disease. This report chronicles the tremendous effort that was dedicated to the eradication campaign in Puerto Rico, which took place in the first part of this century. |
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La erradicación de la malaria en Puerto Rico |
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