Se Puede Curar de Paludismo y Proteger a su Familia [Malaria Can Be Cured and Your Family Protected]

A health poster in heavy Art Deco lettering tells readers that malaria can be cured with appropriate medical care, showing a row of ampoules, a syringe and a box of tablets spilling out in a heap. The named public-health service and the repeated instruction to consult a doctor or the health directorate borrow institutional medical authority for the message (transfer).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

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's signature partly legible
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 44268217, 44-PF-854f).

Text on the object

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

SE PUEDE CURAR
DE PALUDISMO Y PROTE-
GER A SU FAMILIA CON

SERVICIO COOPERATIVO INTER-
AMERICANO DE SALUD PÚBLICA.
DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE SANIDAD.
NICARAGUA. A.C.

CUIDADOS
MÉDICOS
APROPIADOS

TABLETAS DE
ATEBRINA
QUININA O
PLASMOQUINA

ampollas de
atebrina o quinina

NO USE USTED NINGUN TRATA-
MIENTO SIN CONSULTAR A SU
MEDICO O A LA DIRECCION
GENERAL DE SANIDAD

[signature:] A[illegible]TO 1943
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—538317

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

MALARIA CAN BE CURED AND YOUR FAMILY PROTECTED WITH

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

APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE

TABLETS OF ATEBRIN, QUININE OR PLASMOQUINE

ampoules of atebrin or quinine

DO NOT USE ANY TREATMENT WITHOUT CONSULTING YOUR DOCTOR OR THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH

[signature:] A[illegible]TO 1943
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—538317