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Edited by Stanley C. Oaks, Jr., Violaine S. Mitchell, Greg W. Pearson, and Charles C.J. Carpenter. 309 pp., illustrated. Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 1991. $39.95. ISBN 0-309-04527-4.

Malaria presents a public health paradox. Although it is inarguably the most prevalent infectious disease and one of the foremost impediments to social and economic development in the world, governments of malarious countries and the international assistance community have been reluctant to commit resources to control malaria. The recently published report of the Institute of Medicine's Committee for the Study on Malaria Prevention and Control, Malaria: Obstacles and Opportunities, is an important inquiry into how to redress the disparity between the magnitude of the global malaria problem and the paucity of resources currently being applied to malaria control.

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