Malaria , Italian Central Archive, Institutional history
Abstract
The Archivio Centrale dello Stato is publishing the Repertorio delle fonti per la Storia della malaria in Italia which collects all the archival sources held in the Archivio, concerning the history of malaria and antimalarian activities in Italy from the Unity to the eradication of the disease. The article proposes an overview of the institutional sources which have been located and points out the specific role played byt the variuos Ministeries in dealing with the malaria problem in Italy.