Shows the ravages of such diseases as leprosy, malaria, elephantiasis, yaws, yellow fever in various countries and what is being done, mainly through the World Health Organisation to eradicate them.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011379
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epidemics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care - Developing countries
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tropical medicine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → World Health Organisation
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)