PhilippinesIn Eastern Visayas region alone, Typhoon Haiyan damaged or destroyed 33 million coconut stands, affecting 1.7 million people in the coconut sector.
To help the Government of the Philippines address t...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - The Government of the Philippines, duly alarmed at the great number of schistosomiasis victims among its citizens, established the Schistosomiasis Control Pilot Project (SCP...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
A young schistosomiasis control worker signs for the WFP rations which he received for his family.
Schistosomias...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteer workers from San Juan Barrio, Leyte, mixing sodium pentachloraphemate with sawdust. This molluscicide...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
The mother of one of the volunteers working on the schistosomiasis control project prepares a meal using WFP supplie...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteers in Leyte Province scatter a molluscicide (sodium pentachloraphemate) from banana leaves into a stream...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - Here, a WHO-sponsored chemist Nita Escano is seen compounding a new molluscicide.
The Government of the Philippines, duly alarmed at the great number of schistosomiasis...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteers working with a buffalo are levelling the bottom of a stream. This will increase the speed of water-fl...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP rations including dried beans and dried eggs from Holland, canned mackerel from Japan and wheat flour from U.S.A...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - Here is a mother and child, both suffering from an advanced stage of schistosomiasis.
The Government of the Philippines, duly alarmed at the great number of schistosomia...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteer workers in Leyte province. They are part of a group engaged on clearing a dense swampy area which is a...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - Here, laboratory technicians are seen performing recovery of flukes from field rats to determine the rate of procreativity of the parasite after being injected a few hours b...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - Dr. Pitilla of the SCPP, examining patients suffering from schistosomiasis.
The Government of the Philippines, duly alarmed at the great number of schistosomiasis victim...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
One of the WFP volunteers engaged on clearing a dense swampy area which is a breeding ground of snails - the interme...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - Dr. Trinidad P. Pesigan, Director of the SCPP, is seen here explaining the life cycle of a snail parasite to some medical students.
The Government of the Philippines, du...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - The examination of stool for ova of Schistosoma and other parasites being performed by a laboratory technician.
The Government of the Philippines, duly alarmed at the gr...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteers clearing part of a waterlogged swamp which is a breeding ground for snails - the intermediate host of...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteers in Leyte Province, having prepared a molluscicide from sodium pentachloraphemate, put it in a large b...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - SCPP laboratory technicians are seen here experimenting on the potency of a new molluscicide prepared in their chemical department.
The Government of the Philippines, du...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
A research technician at work in the laboratory of the Schistosomiasis Control Pilot Project Headquarters in Palo, L...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
WFP volunteers in Leyte Province engaged in schistosomiasis control. They are spreading
a molluscicide along a s...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - The examination of liver tissue of a field rat by the use of Waringblender method being performed by a laboratory technician.
The Government of the Philippines, duly ala...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
Some of the WFP foodstuffs which are distributed to self-help workers engaged on schistosomiasis control in Leyte pr...
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PhilippinesPhilippines, August 1961 - Here is a victim suffering from advanced stage of schistosomiasis.
The Government of the Philippines, duly alarmed at the great number of schistosomiasis victims among i...
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PhilippinesCONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH AGRO-ENGINEERING METHODS, Philippines, 1973.
Wives and mothers of workers engaged on schistosomiasis control in Leyte province are shown, by an extension worker,...
