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Nurses' House and Central Office of the Yellow Fever Service, Rio de Janeiro

Title:: Nurses' House and Central Office of the Yellow Fever Service, Rio de Janeiro
Creator:: Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Date:: June 1934
Description:: In 1934, Dr. Sawyer made another trip to Brazil to inspect yellow fever control activities, including an investigation of a puzzling outbreak of the disease in a rural region. The Yellow Fever Service was run collaboratively by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Brazilian government. As part of this campaign, the RF also helped support training of public health nurses.
Location:: Box: 12. Folder: 5
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Photographic prints
Subject:: Yellow Fever and Brazil
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: LWBBGV
NLM ID:: 101584931X101
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X101
Story Section:: The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937