ИСТОРИЧЕСКИ СВЕДЕНИЯ ЗА БОРБАТА С МАЛАРИЯТА (1878-1930) И МОМЕНТИ ОТ СЪТРУДНИЧЕСТВОТО МЕЖДУ БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ И ИТАЛИАНСКИТЕ МАЛАРИОЛОЗИ
HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA (1878-1930) AND MOMENTS FROM THE COOPERATION BETWEEN BULGARIAN AND ITALIAN MALARIOLOGISTS

Summary/Abstract: The struggle to limit and eliminate one of the most severe parasites in our country has a dramatic history. The disease has been known since ancient times and until the mid-60s of the twentieth century, it is invariably present in a number of the most commonly diagnosed infectious parasitic diseases. In a country like Bulgaria, whose agricultural economy was the main livelihood of the population at the end of the 19th and the middle of the 20th century, the disease was of defining significance. Historically, malaria is seen as a social "scourge" proceeding with severe illness, disability, death, and as one of the causes of economic stagnation in entire areas of the country. The article examines the history of the fight against malaria in Bulgaria, in Varna and Burgas regions. The study period covers the period from the Liberation to 1930. Emphasis is placed on the efforts of the state administration, the establishment of sanitary supervision, the activity of the health authorities and the active part of the Bulgarian population for the control and complete eradication of the disease in Bulgaria. The main legislative acts regulating the implementation of anti-epidemic measures against malaria and the main institutions working in this direction are reviwed. The experience of the Italian medics in the fight against malaria in Italy and the role of the Rockefeller Foundation for the successful training and cooperation between Bulgarian and Italian malaria specialists in the application of the Italian experience in the fight against malaria are followed.

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