Picturing health: 35 years of photojournalism at WHO
PHOTO FEATURE ON TYPHUS
The winter anti-typhus campaign: Afghanistan, 1955-1956
WHO/Marc Riboud
Marc Riboud photographed a WHO-led project to combat typhus in Afghanistan during the winter of 1955-1956. The most effective means of containing the disease was by dusting the population with insecticide powder. As Mr Riboud explains, "In the winter of 1955-1956 the anti-typhus campaign covered all provinces of Afghanistan and 1 432 431 persons were dusted. During this winter no cases of typhus were reported to the Ministry of Public Health which gives an evidence of an efficiency of the operation undertaken [...]".
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