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The Malaria War in Indonesia: Hygiene and Medical Care of the Army and Navy in the Japanese Occupied Communities
Objectives
This socio-medical history study aims at exploring social life through medical care, hygiene, epidemic prevention, lifestyle, medical technology, public awareness activities, social practices, and resulting changes in the 3 military-administered regions under the 16th Army, the 25th Army and the Navy by focusing on malaria in Japanese military-occupied Indonesia (1942-1945).
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Rationale and Abstract
As combating diseases that administrative borders requires cooperation, this cross-regional study will yield a comprehensive picture of local conditions and wartime society, linking individual lives with public policy.
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Date
Apr 2025 — Mar 2030
Total Project Funding
$303,846
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