Branch links a health practice to the field of medicine it grew out of. Wikipedia describes Ignaz Semmelweis as "an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures" whose hand washing requirement began inside obstetrics, the branch where childbed fever was killing new mothers. This dimension groups practices that belong to the same branch of health work.
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Era of Emergence Branch
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1. Wikipedia: History of malaria
WikipediaHistory of malaria, Panama Canal sectionQuote, History of malaria, Panama Canal section
Mosquito control instituted by William C. Gorgas dramatically reduced this problem.
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