Medicine in the tropics Delivery of Health Care Occupational Health Services Tropical Medicine This film produced by the Firestone Plantations Company recounts efforts by the government of Liberia, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and the Liberian Institute of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine to improve the health and nutritional status of Liberian citizens, particularly those working on rubber plantations. The program notes that a healthy work force is necessary both for the betterment of Liberia and for the economic success of companies operating rubber, coffee, and other plantations in the country. The following tropical diseases found in Liberia are shown and discussed: leprosy, yaws, onchocerciasis, Bancroftian filariasis, tuberculosis, keloid, ainhum, tropical ulcer, trypanosomiasis, and smallpox. The film is narrated over extensive footage of Liberians in villages, streams and forests, attending clinics and screenings, and being treated by health care workers. Shots include: workers and villagers with a range of diseases and conditions; a leprosy clinic; research laboratories; collecting snails; and collecting mosquitoes for research. Received: (date unknown) as a donation from Firestone. [Firestone, Liberia] : Firestone, c1957 Vogue Wright (Firm) Firestone Plantations Company. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Instructional Film and Video Moving image 036 min. Color Live action nlm:nlmuid-8801128A-vid 8801128A http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8801128A OCLC: 31643184 English Liberia The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/