HC Deb 30 July 1963 vol 682 c35W
4. Miss Vickers

asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what progress has been made in the research being carried out into cutaneous leishmaniasis in British Honduras.

Mr. Carr

Within three years and at a cost of about £40,000 to public funds research work has identified the cause and the probable means of transmission of this serious skin disease. Work has now been started on methods of prevention.