Filariasis Conference In
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Tahiti Next Month
THE conference of experts on filariasis and elephantiasis, under the auspices of the South Pacific Commission, will open in Papeete in September, and may last two weeks. The Governor of French Oceania will be chairman.
The Conference, representing Govern ments, territorial administrations, and international scientific bodies, proposes to:— A. Define the various problems raised by filariasis and elephantiasis, especially in the South Pacific.
B. Determine the research work to be continued or undertaken to solve these problems.
C. Propose and recommend appropriate measures to be taken for the control of these diseases, taking into account the social and economic conditions existing in the area.
The following papers will be presented; Parasitology, by Dr. T. C. Backhouse.
Entomology, by Dr. Rosen.
Epidemiology, by Dr. E. R. Brygoo.
Clinical and pathological aspects, by Dr. P. E. C. Manson-Bahr, Treatment, by Dr. W. Wright.
Control and prophylaxis, by Dr. H. Beye.
Mr. C. S. Ramsay, the original Tin Can Mailman, who was in Fiji in June, said that the inhabitants of Niuafo’ou (Tin Can Island) who now live on Eua. another Tongan island, are homesick for their original home. The people of Niuafo’ou were evacuated following the big erup tion on Niuafo’ou in 1946 which wiped out the main village and the Government buildings.