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Dr.&onelTware+)ItrmdadeAlbWum~e
l4f.nl8tro da s&d6
xlnistirio da s&de!
Bradur, D.P., Brm5.1

8t8rn E&Uph&8.- %a elimd-
ntb8, Ibrqjwy, Bollrir,
to prot6cti J3rd.l ftal rdn-

   Itahauldbe noted inpaardngthattheeffective mend&e tothe
PanAnerbanSanlt~lIhare~ fortheefr~crtion of dnds8As
theAmeri~waebamdonapropoaala8debythe
inlP47. Durbgthesarlyyur8 of the lnterwtional cuupaign, Brrtll
rrdsa~rrf,colrtribAltioa~Urrigning~laabsr ofdoctoV8ad
fwp6ctor8 to work with the Rm Amticm Sardtw l!hmau tit& ar&~es
paid by the Govemment of Rrasil.


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Dr. bone1 Tamres l&a&de Albuqwrqw       hguat 24, 1967

   Tha, program for th8 emditation of Aede8  6e    u&8 aucceaaftal
in-en&w, Bolivia, Brasfl,ibtmdOr,          mws Qw-,
8nd Freti CJubnain Sm&Anierlcr. Itaucccreded 8l8oinColombia,
except for or amall fx%&ier area at &x&8 aubdect to constant reinf86-
t&ton frm ventawl.8.  Iilkmbm the progr8m 8ucwded in Rn8m8, Co&8
Rica, IthmtgM, H0ndUr88, El sdv8dOr, Ch8t8Wl8, British Honduras,
8nd nixico.

delay8 1neQllpletionof bradicstion lnothera. The rsaultis that them
ha8 beenvery little pxqgre8smmde in the pnat fouryelrrr otherthanthe
ln5ti8ticmaCthe program foreradicationin the United State8 8nd Pberto
RiCO.  On the otherhand, thaw has beenadeflnitewormmiug of the sitam-
tiondththa psinfeatations ofKlStd.v~or, &ya~,FrenchGuians,m~eral
of the smllOlestfndlesiala~,ond Trin&dadwhich &hexwise would
undm k frw of Ides ae
      az #? toby.  TO the80 X'eillfe8htiO~ =8t
be added areinfestation    co n 196#, two reinfeatalAona of NM-cm

in lp67, arrd the recently d&wavered reinfestation of B&m do Pa&.

   'l'heCeve~~8odie8 of the Pan~ricM~~thOrgPni66ti~, 6ince
1p~,hmeuum~I~ypts8edreaolutianr~ eachyearu&ng the completion
Of the Crrrrdic&tiOa ob Aed  8tB    in this H~aphmt. Aa 8 result of 8
p8rticta&rly mnnd&to         XVII confemtlM (lP66), the P&n Amad-
cam Health Oa=gm%88tion h88 held, in Apd.11967, 8 confsrusce of reqmaent-
Uti?RJ8 of &xl 91 th4~c8nc~~w,~~l)g~~,fouQycbd~&
study Orcmp to ev8lmte f&e preaemt ~tution and make  ret a8mmxiation8 to
the Mrettor of the PanAaerlcirnSenitueg Bureau. Brasilmsrepressnted
inthe Conferunce byDr,Adbal Rodrigtwadoa !Santoe~ other Braail.lana
pmaant were DP, 3olon de Canwga and Dr. octclvio Plato Seven, aa observers.
(Other Brasillana present as mmbura of PAHO 6taff were Dr. Alfredo I. Bicp,
chief of the Comautieab& Maea6e8 Branch; Dr. Cku6ldo da silva, Chief of
the ?fa&rla Ikad%a&ionBxvmch;ani Dr.Vicent8 P.Ilhra, )sedical afMcer
of the CaslilRmfcableDl6ersa6 &WI&.) Dm.C6m6rgoand Sevewowere~~M~m~
ofPAHO'8 study Qrotap, the sessiona ofuhichllfere uttended al80 by
Dr8 . B&a, silva, Huaa, and Wuato.  The reports of the Corsfererm, and
oithe~~ChDIYI~attrch~k,thtrMreetingCauncild~~ntC017~~
ofAugu8t 7,l967whkh shouldbe inyourhanda.

   I have followduith a great deal oflntemetthe fate ofcuqmigna
8gbl8t Au388 u    since 1930 when I iirart becuae perroznlly involved
in the program in    il.  f 8hrll notrtthis time discU88 th8 techzrk6l
up4M8 ofthe A&b38 80    problem, other than to point out th8t the
problem of reuia        and tootherinaetctici~a is no logsran
in8uper8ble ob8t6cle tothi sradicati0n0fhdSa aejgptL

the ovee
        ti eXXdiC6tioXIinth6 rsraiting iIlfe8ted 6re66 ml&X-e6
        nation and synchroniaration of progrm6 in mzqy s&l1


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Dr.L8onelTavarea?b8nd8deAl~~rqW       AugustZ&,l967

wrvlwa';' If Aad88 ae
r6mu8tbe

       tQ be atiained
blUty for the program md

of the progrm~

"...~mtrad ptmad%a mUidf@8, uz&erthe mgia of the Ewe&u,
of the nntioml authorlt,ie~mrrposPdble for the program..


Dr.LeonelTavatreawiraadpdeAbuqueW~       August a, 1967