is a Japanese

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and

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expert, who is the former director of the

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malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...

program. He had previously been director of WHO's

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...

programs for ten years. While at WHO, Dr. Kochi became known for developing—and then forcefully promoting—often politically unpopular global public health interventions to fight tuberculosis,

and HIV/AIDS.

Tuberculosis

Kochi is credited with promoting the Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) -the internationally recommended strategy for TB control that is recognized as a highly efficient and cost-effective strategy - for controlling TB as the most effective public health intervention of the decade, and after 1995 establishing more effective malaria control norms after 2005.

Malaria

Kochi is pro-

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Rachel Carson, Mass Murderer?
FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, 2007.

References

External links

An Iron Fist Joins the Malaria Wars
— by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.; from ''

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'', 27 June 2006.
W.H.O. Supports Wider Use of DDT vs. Malaria
— by Celia W. Dugger; from ''

'', 16 September 2006.
ARATA KOCHI PROFILE: Fighting Words From WHO's New Malaria Chief
— by

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; from ''Science'', 3 February 2006.
Dots strategy for control of tuberculosis epidemicKochi's tuberculosis strategy article is a 'classic' by any definition
- by John A. Sbarbaro, Bulletin of the World Health Organization vol.79 no.1 Genebra 2001 1940s births Living people Japanese public health doctors World Health Organization officials Japanese officials of the United Nations {{Japan-med-bio-stub