title: [On the epidemic, prevention and treatment of Kala-Azar in northern Jiangsu in 1930s].
abstract: In the 1930s, the Kala-Azar spread rapidly and widely in 16 counties of northern Jiangsu, with infected victims amounted to 30,0000, yielding great damage to the society. The government of the Republic of China did strive for its prerention and treatment. Under whose guidance, there were Huaiyin Investigating Team for Kala-Azar and Prevention and Treatment Team of Huaiyin region for Kala-Azar with rather satisfactory results. However, the final outcome was poor because of bewilderment at epidemic way, deficiency of funds, underdeveloped economics and sanitation in the rural areas, the poor income of peasantry and faults in national preventing epidemic system, etc.
authors.affiliation: College of Social Development, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453002.
authors.forename: He-Ting
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D006076:Government; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral; D013624:Taiwan