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Office of Malaria Control in War Areas 1942-1944 : origins and activities
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1992
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Description:The Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA), the World War II organization that was to become the forerunner of the present Centers for Disease Control (CDC), was established by the Public Health Service in 1942. The new organization, MCWA, was given the task of malaria control and prevention in areas around military ases and industrial areas concerned with production related to the war.
Citation: “MCWA BRIEF HISTORY,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed September 3, 2021, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/5273.
From the holdings of the National Archives at Atlanta.
Source: David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Global Health Chronicles.
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