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IN a timely pamphlet (Post-War Problems Medical Relief in Europe. The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1942. Pp. 67. 2s. net.), Dr. M. D. Mackenzie emphasizes the importance of organizing before the end of the War a central co-ordinating administrative machine composed at first of delegates of the allied countries and later of representatives of occupied countries as well. He suggests that the Health Organisation of the League of Nations, which still functions, should be used and should be joined by international voluntary organizations (International Red Cross, Society of Friends, etc.), British and American voluntary organizations for relief in Europe and the national voluntary organization in each of the countries to which relief is being given. In addition to food and clothing, medical relief material of all kinds will be wanted, including vaccine against smallpox and enteric fever, disinfectants, quinine and other important drugs, as well as re-establishment of the milk supply. The specific diseases which will need attention are malnutrition including tuberculosis, typhus fever, malaria and other infectious diseases as well as cardiac and digestive disorders.
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Post-war Medical Relief. Nature 150, 288 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150288a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150288a0