1. A SECOND CHANCE.
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Enserink, Martin and Tancredi Barone, Luca
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YAWS , *DISEASE eradication , *SKIN ulcers , *COMMUNICABLE disease treatment , *HISTORY - Abstract
The cover story is provided which discusses the physician Oriol Mitjà's efforts to eradicate yaws from Papua New Guinea (PNG), including in regard to the transmission of yaws through bacteria in yaws skin ulcers. An overview of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) efforts to eradicate yaws through treating it with penicillin injections from the 1940s through the 1980s is provided.
- Published
- 2018
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