Malaria
Sources available in the Archives
Malaria control is well represented in the different fonds of the WHO Archives, as well as in the Library:
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Archives of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (OIHP)
OIHP adopted specific measures to control malaria between 1916 and 1918. For further information, consult the inventory. -
Centralized files
The "Centralized files" contain numerous documents relating to malaria since 1947: reports by expert committees, proceedings of congresses, correspondence, treatments, disease control, etc. For further information, consult the contents of the inventories of the sub-fonds. -
Archives of the Parasitology Collection of the Communicable Diseases Documentation Centre at WHO Headquarters
A considerable volume of this documentation collection is devoted to malaria. The collection is classified by country, and represents the documentation produced by experts at Headquarters and gathered in countries. -
"Project Files" Archives
The "Project Files" bring together the documents relating to the malaria eradication programme at the national level. -
Photographic Archives, Sub-fonds Photographs
This sub-fonds contains photographs on malaria in the different WHO Regions: Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific. For further information, consult the list of photographs by subject.
Other sources available
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League of Nations documents on malaria
The WHO Library has a series of scanned documents concerning malaria at the time of the League of Nations, and in particular between 1924 and 1932.