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The Hookworm Campaign of the Rockefeller Foundation
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The Rockefeller Foundation launched a campaign to get children in schools in the South on board to raise awareness about hookworms and educate their parents as well.
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In 1909, the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission donated $1 million to help combat the prevalence of hookworm in the Southern United States.
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In 1909, the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission donated $1 million to help combat the prevalence of hookworm in the Southern United States. With the help of a Southerner named Wycliffe Rose, the commission was able to effectively invest in public health and ultimately eradicate the parasite from the region.
ChapterThe Hookworm Campaign of the Rockefeller Foundation
EpisodeSelects: Southerners Aren't Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm
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Doctors in the South used an awareness campaign to teach children about hookworm and encourage them to share the knowledge with their parents, in hopes of combatting the disease.
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Doctors in the South used an awareness campaign to teach children about hookworm and encourage them to share the knowledge with their parents, in hopes of combatting the disease. The campaign included a challenge for children to collect a stool sample and give it to their teacher.