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One of the greatest challenges facing the builders of the Panama Canal was dealing with the tropical diseases rife in the area. The health measures taken during the construction contributed greatly to the success of the canal's construction. These included general health care, the provision of an extensive health infrastructure, and a major program to eradicate disease-carrying mosquitoes from the area.

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Health measures during the construction of the Panama Canal

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One of the greatest challenges facing the builders of the Panama Canal was dealing with the tropical diseases rife in the area. The health measures taken...

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Panama Canal

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The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific...

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Economy of Panama

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registry, medical and health and tourism. Historically, the Panama Canal (and the nearby Colón Free Trade Zone) was the key source of Panama's income, but its...

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Panama hat

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visited the construction site of the Panama Canal and was photographed wearing a Panama hat, which further increased the hats' popularity. Although the Panama...

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Panama

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the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to...

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Panama Canal Zone

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The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus...

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Carlos Finlay

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Healthcare in Cuba Health measures during the construction of the Panama Canal "Carlos Juan Finlay". Biography in Context: World of Health. Gale. 2007.[permanent...

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Panama City

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The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

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Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project

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was first proposed in the early colonial era. After the United States purchased the French interests in the Panama Canal in the early 20th century, it...

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The Conservative Caucus

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membership in the World Trade Organization. TCC opposed the Panama Canal Treaties which transferred control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama. To this...

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Arbovirus

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the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1904–1914". Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics. Retrieved 19 June 2013. "Malaria: The Panama...

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Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

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less than the amount transported through the Panama Canal, which transported 10.9 million in 2022. The report states that the construction of sufficient...

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MS Zaandam

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Rotterdam were cleared by the Panama Department of Health to transit the Panama Canal. Some passengers from Zaandam transferred to the Rotterdam. Rotterdam...

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Presidency of Jimmy Carter

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Torrijos–Carter Treaties, Carter guaranteed the eventual transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama. Denouncing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, he reversed...

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Square Deal

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Labor Day to per diem employees of the Government. A measure was approved granting to injured employees on the Panama Canal absence, with pay for time necessarily...

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Agriculture in Panama

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import the grain. For centuries, agriculture was the dominant economic activity for most of Panama's population. After construction of the Panama Canal, agriculture...

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Nicaragua

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Canal proposals were periodically revived in the 20th and 21st centuries. Roughly a century after the opening of the Panama Canal, the prospect of a...

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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prevalent during the construction of the Panama Canal. He named this microorganism Histoplasma capsulatum because it invaded the cytoplasm (plasma) of histiocyte-like...

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Panama Jazz Festival

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intent to improve people's lives through the shared experience of music. After almost 20 years, the Panama Jazz Festival has become a cultural tourism...

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Yellow fever

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fever during the construction of the Panama Canal. A previous effort of canal building by the French had failed in part due to mortality from the high...

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Congestion pricing

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Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (ACP). Proposal for the Expansion of the Panama Canal. Third Set of Locks Project. April 24, 2006. pp. 34–38 "Panama Canal Opens...

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Costa Rica

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Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island...

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Aral Sea

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exports in 2006. Large scale construction of irrigation canals began in the 1930s and was greatly increased in the 1960s. Many canals were poorly built, allowing...

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