Sanitation
In 1952, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of the Interior established a Sanitarian Aide Program—the first hands-on public health program for American Indian communities. Working with BIA, the Communicable Disease Center—as CDC was known at that time—led an eight-week training course attended by representatives from ten tribes. The curriculum included information about insect control, potable water supply, waste disposal, rabies control, plague control, community clean-up campaigns, and food sanitation.
Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
H. Norman Old. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1953 Feb; 43(2): 210–215. PMC1620185
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Work Projects Administration Poster Collection POS – WPA – ILL .01 .Y67, no