'El Paludismo es Transmitido por Zancudos' [Malaria Is Transmitted by Mosquitoes] (El Paludismo Transmitido Zancudos)

A night scene shows a sick man in bed, a dashed arrow running from him to a magnified mosquito and on to a sleeping infant in a cot, under a headline that names mosquitoes as the carriers of malaria. The vulnerable child placed at the end of the arrow carries the fear appeal; the picture otherwise states the transmission chain.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appeal

Date

1943

Period

Second World War

Made by

Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Salud Pública, Dirección General de Sanidad, Nicaragua (printed by U.S. Government Printing Office); artist Augusto

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Roosevelt Administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Theme

Health

Event

World War II

Regime

Roosevelt administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work: U.S. Government Printing Office imprint, NARA RG 44)
Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Salud Pública, Nicaragua; printed by U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44 (NAID 44268211, 44-PF-854c).

EL PALUDISMO ES
TRANSMITIDO POR
ZANCUDOS

SERVICIO COOPERATIVO INTER-
AMERICANO DE SALUD PUBLICA.
DIRECCION GENERAL DE SANIDAD.
NICARAGUA. A.C.

[signature:] AUGUSTO 1943

[foot imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—530317

MALARIA IS TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITOES

INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATIVE SERVICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HEALTH.
NICARAGUA. C.A.

[signature:] AUGUSTO 1943

[foot imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—530317