The Unconquered Plague - Schistosomiasis

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Rockefeller Foundation

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the Rockefeller foundation's research project to find the most efficient way of preventing the disease of schistosomiasis. Explains that two preventive methods are being tested. Describes these methods, which are killing the snails with molluskicides in cul-de-sac valleys and installing water systems in the villages, so that the people won't need to enter the infected waters in Richefont valley.


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