The Malaria Research Unit of the Government Health Department, formerly maintained for ten years by the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee of America, which was to have been disbanded as an economy measure (as reported in the J.T.A. Bulletin) will be retained, following representations which have been made from London, it is announced to-day.
The staff of the Malaria Research Unit, consists of Dr. J. M. Shapiro, the Controller, and four sub-inspectors, who, according to the Department of Health report for 1930, controlled six areas while supervising at the same time drainage activities on a number of points.
The first Director of the Unit was Dr. L. J. Kligler, who is now Professor of Hygiene at the Hebrew University. The Unit has received international recognition as one of the most important agencies engaged in preventive health work in Palestine.
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