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title: 'マラリヤを駆逐し、不毛の土地を沃野に。 (Drive out malaria and turn barren land into fertile fields) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #8)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-day-poster-8-malaria-drainage-japanese-1953/
description: A Japanese-language photo poster on malaria control. Two men crouch at the edge of a water channel in tall grass, with a tray and a dipper.
section: Collection
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# マラリヤを駆逐し、不毛の土地を沃野に。 (Drive out malaria and turn barren land into fertile fields) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #8)

A Japanese-language photo poster on malaria control. Two men crouch at the edge of a water channel in tall grass, with a tray and a dipper, sampling the water. The text says a Himalayan foothill region farmed a thousand years ago became uncultivable because of malaria, that India launched a large drainage scheme with WHO and UNICEF help, and that people are settling the land again. The tell is transfer: the WHO and UNICEF names are attached to a promised before-and-after change.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Japanese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
マラリヤを駆逐し、不毛の土地を沃野に。

一千年前、ヒマラヤ山麓の或る地方は豊かな農作地帯だつた。然しマ
ラリヤの為、耕作は不可能になつたのだ。インドは蚊を撲滅する為に、
厖大な排水開拓計画を樹て、世界保健機関(WHO)とユニセフ(国連国
際児童緊急基金)は援助の手を差し伸べた。結果は既に現われ始めた。
人々は、再び人間のものとなつた豊沃な土地に定着しはじめている。

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```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Drive out malaria and turn barren land into fertile fields.

A thousand years ago a certain region at the foot of the Himalayas was a rich farming zone. But because of malaria, farming became impossible. To wipe out the mosquito, India drew up a vast drainage and land-reclamation plan, and the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF (U.N. International Children's Emergency Fund) extended a helping hand. Results have already begun to appear. People are beginning to settle on the fertile land that has again become human land.

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```

Printed in Japanese with historical kana spelling and small kana set full-size; no imprint is printed.

[← ワクチンの新製造法によつて、家畜は、恐ろしい牛疫から護られる。 (Through a new method of making vaccine, livestock are protected from the dreaded rinderpest) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #7)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-day-poster-7-cattle-plague-vaccine-japanese-1953/) [ちよつとの指導で、昔ながらの手工藝が、農村に富をもたらすもとゝなる。 (With a little guidance, traditional handicrafts become a source of wealth for farm villages) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #9) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-day-poster-9-village-handicrafts-japanese-1953/)

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