Lessons of History? Anti-Malaria Strategies of the International Health Board and the Rockefeller Foundation from the 1920s to the Era of DDT

A rich source for understanding the potentials and pitfalls of anti-malaria strategies is the history of two Rockefeller-endowed entities, the International Health Board and the Rockefeller Foundation, that created new approaches to malaria control in the first half of the 20th century. There is a d...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 2004-03, Vol.119 (2), p.206-215
Main Author: Stapleton, Darwin H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa, Northern
Archives
DDT - history
Disease control
Europe
Foundations - history
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Humans
India
Insect larvae
Insect vectors
Insecticides
Italy
Malaria
Malaria - history
Malaria - prevention & control
Mexico
Mosquito Control - history
Mosquitos
Philippines
Public health
Public Health - history
Public Health Chronicles
South America
Spraying
Typhus
United States
World Health Organization
World wars
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Summary:A rich source for understanding the potentials and pitfalls of anti-malaria strategies is the history of two Rockefeller-endowed entities, the International Health Board and the Rockefeller Foundation, that created new approaches to malaria control in the first half of the 20th century. There is a didactic value in looking at the moments of controversy in the Rockefeller-malaria story, because they illuminate an evolving strategy, particularly the growing intention to completely eradicate malaria, not merely control it.
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877
DOI:10.1177/003335490411900214