Pikbel Foundation, 1963-92

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Series 2

Content Summary:

Murrell began the Pikbel Foundation in 1979, following the work of Gregor Lawrence in describing the control of pigbel, and his own work for the World Health Organization. Essentially, the Foundation kept the disease before the public eye with the aim of providing financial support and expertise for research, treatment, training health workers, laboratory equipment and information dissemination. The Foundation's work documented here focused on epidemiological work in Nepal, identification of the disease in Thailand, and development of laboratory facilities in Adelaide. This brief series contains Foundation material minutes describing the administration of the Foundation: its objects, publicity and charitable arrangements, progress and financial position. Intermingled are research papers on pigbel, reworked for Foundation purposes.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Timothy Murrell donated the papers to the Library in five instalments between 1996 and 2000.

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