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League of Nations Health Organization in Geneva adopts measures to combat diseases globally, emphasizing contagious ailments, malaria (with commission to US southern states, Italy, Netherlands), extends sleeping sickness investigation in Africa, and focuses on cancer.
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GENEVA, Nov. 2.-(AP).-If the League of Nations is trying to outlaw war, it also is trying to outlaw disease. A recent meeting of the Health organization of the Geneva Institution adopted measures to carry on a detailed fight against all forms of diseases, especially contagious ailments in all parts of the world, from the islands of the South Pacific, to the remote sections of Africa.
Special vigor is being put into the warfare against malignant malaria. A special commission will visit the southern states of the United States to investigate methods of combat against malaria there. It also will view conditions in Italy and the Netherlands. A decision was reached to prolong for another six months the pending investigation into sleeping sickness in Africa.
The dread disease of cancer is receiving the particular attention of the experts recently gathered in Geneva.
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Geneva
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Nov. 2
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adopted measures against diseases; special commission to investigate malaria in us southern states, italy, netherlands; prolonged sleeping sickness investigation in africa for six months; attention to cancer.
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League of Nations Health organization meeting adopted measures to fight diseases, especially contagious ones worldwide from South Pacific islands to remote Africa. Focus on malignant malaria with special commission visiting southern US states, Italy, Netherlands. Prolonged investigation into sleeping sickness in Africa for another six months. Experts attending to cancer.