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A recent survey of the social problems of tropical countries suggested that the communicable diseases were either controlled, or that they would be of little importance within the next few years [10]. This observation was followed by a wave of protest from scientists, whose interests lay in this field; they pointed out that the picture was much too optimistic.
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Colbourne, M.J. (1974). Implementation of Disease Control in Asia and Africa. In: Jucker, E. (eds) Progress in Drug Research / Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung / Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques. Progress in Drug Research / Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung / Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques, vol 18. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7087-0_6
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