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Word: marcolino (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Overshadowing all WHO's activities against particular diseases, reported Director General Marcolino Gomes Candau, is the antimalaria campaign-"the most gigantic scheme ever undertaken for the benefit of man." When WHO began its war on malaria seven years ago, 1.4 billion people (half the world's total) lived in malarious areas, and 200 million had the disease. Now, Dr. Candau can proudly report, malaria has been wiped out from areas containing 317 million people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctor to the World | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

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