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OPERATION ENZA: THE MILITARY OPERATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERRITORY OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA DURING THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC OF 1969
Author(s) -
Watson W. J.,
Campbell J. D.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb50113.x
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , new guinea , epidemic control , statutory law , medicine , medical emergency , control (management) , business , political science , public administration , operations management , engineering , law , management , sociology , covid-19 , economics , ethnology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This paper endeavours to describe only the military operations and to discuss briefly the implications of the rapid and mass commitment of men and supplies in such civil emergencies. In doing so, attention is drawn to the immense resources required for successful epidemic control in an underdeveloped country and the requirement in such countries for an epidemic control organization with the necessary statutory authority to conduct, control and coordinate all available resources in time of emergency. During the operation, 146,000 people were medically contacted, and some 50,000 penicillin “Syrettes” used together with considerable amounts of vaccine. The operation appeared to be successful in all aspects.