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further their studies in their special fields on the fellowships granted by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Department of Vaccines Preparation opened a two-month refresher course which was attended by boys and girls concerned with the preparation of vaccines. The graduates of the schools of midwifery, dispensary, and sanitarians were employed in various establishments in the capital and in the provinces. Also new doctors were sent to the hospitals in Kataghan, Mazarisharif, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Maimana, and Ghazni provinces to cope with the growing demand for qualified personnel. The Maternity Hospital installed new equipment allotted separate apartments to children born prematurely and expectant mothers who need operations. Also arrangements were made for more refrigeration plant in the hospital. The Women's Sanitorium opened a well-equipped laboratory and considerably extended its lavatory facilities. The Department of Anti-Malaria Campaign sent four graduates of the Faculty of Medicine abroad to study malarialogy, opened a preliminary course on malaria which was attended by graduates of seven and eight grades picked up for this purpose, surveyed the remote areas to complete the country's map in connection with malaria, and employed three new doctors who had completed their studies abroad. Also the Department recruited 156 new students to be given special training in the field of malaria under the supervision of local and foreign experts. They will later join the combat squads working in various parts of the country. In order to carry out the anti-malaria campaign more effectively the Department equipped fourteen units each with a malaria expert, two malaria inspectors, one entomologist, four assistants, sixteen trained workers, and various sorts of spraying equipment. The Department of Epidemics Control opened three courses on epidemics: one in the Vaccine Institute, one in Kandahar, and the third in Nangarhar. The latter sent its graduates in the first part of the fourth year of the Plan. The small-pox epidemic which broke out in Nangarhar was vigorously fought against by the local vaccination squads who were reinforced by more qualified personnel from the Ministry and vaccinated 172,076 people. They saved many lives in the province. The graduates of the epidemics course in Kandahar vaccinated 91,125 people and the campaign was 98% successful. The local Directorate of Public Health was provided with vaccines enough for 705,000 people including infants. Likewise the Department of Epidemics Control provided the local health centres with vaccines enough for thousands of people against cholera, typhus, and other diseases and sent doctors to a number of provinces where the occurrence of certain diseases was reported. In order to prevent the occurrence of typhus 177,960 kilos of 10% D.D.T. was prepared out of which 101,160 kilos were sent to the provinces and 76,800 kilos allotted to the Central Health Bureau for spraying purposes. According to the studies made by the experts of the Ministry of Public Health, the 10% D.D.T. has not been strong enough to destroy completely the parasite causing the disease, so a report was sent to the W.H.O. to advise another germicide. The Ministry finally managed, in co-operation with the experts of the W.H.O., to purchase quantities of B.H.C. which will be used during the latter part of the fourth year of the Plan. 52