HYDATID CONTROL A PROBLEM IN HEALTH EDUCATION

Abstract

A full-scale programme to control hydatid disease depends on a political decision, which is difficult to obtain in a community completely apathetic to the disease. The barrier of initial apathy was removed in Tasmania by a public movement based on Begg's campaign in New Zealand. It seems significant that in Tasmania this method succeeded when used as the sole approach in a community which was largely unprepared by any previous propaganda.