{"id":239,"date":"2016-01-23T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2016-02-08T11:36:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T16:36:54","slug":"charity-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/charity\/charity-4\/","title":{"rendered":"..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>THE WORLD UNITED AGAINST MALARIA\u20141962<\/b><br \/>\nA selection of international postage stamps<br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">George S. Champlin Memorial Collection, Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 1955, the World Health Organization launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Malaria_Eradication_Program\">Global Malaria Eradication Programme<\/a>. In 1961, in cooperation with the Universal Postal Union, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to encourage international participation in a malaria-focused postage stamp issuing plan. The theme was &#8220;The World United Against Malaria,\u201d and more than 90 postal authorities produced stamps and postal materials to raise funds for eradication plans. The dissemination of these stamps allowed the message to reach both affected and disease-free populations.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx059_1md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx059_1md-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx059_1md\" width=\"635\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Cuba<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <em>George S. Champlin Memorial Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx062md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx062md-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx062md\" width=\"635\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx062md-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx062md-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Hungary<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <em>Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx061_1md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx061_1md-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx061_1md\" width=\"635\" height=\"1030\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Iran<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0<em> Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx056_2md-183x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx056_2md-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx056_2md\" width=\"635\" height=\"2077\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Mexico<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <em>Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-417\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx058md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx058md-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx058md\" width=\"635\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>USSR<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <em>Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx060_2md-e1453607426929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx060_2md-e1453607426929-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx060_2md\" width=\"635\" height=\"880\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Somalia<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <em>George S. Champlin Memorial Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-416\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx057_4md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx057_4md-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx057_4md\" width=\"635\" height=\"1184\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Thailand<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0<em> Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx055_2md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-413\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx055_2md-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx055_2md\" width=\"635\" height=\"1622\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>United Nations<\/strong> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <em>Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE WORLD UNITED AGAINST MALARIA\u20141962 A selection of international postage stamps George S. Champlin Memorial Collection, Robert T. 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In 1961, in cooperation with the Universal Postal Union, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to encourage international participation in a malaria-focused <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/charity\/charity-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":54,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions\/950"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}