A major campaign against malaria which was initiated with the help of U.S.-trained malaria teams. has reduced the incidence of new cases to less than 2 percent a year. Deaths from malaria have been reduced from 35.000 in 1958 to 2.000 in 1965. Seven million people have been vaccinated against cholera. and 8 million more have received vaccinations and treatments for other diseases. American civilians are responding increasingly to the Vietnamese Governments call for medical help. The latest group of American doctors to volunteer their services in Vietnam included 30 Cuban refugees. One hundred personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Civilian Action Program are also serving.
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