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December 2, 1961

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AT THE HEART OF THE UNICEF

Joseph Wechsberg

PROFILE of Maurice Pate, executive director of UNICEF. Six years ago, there were over 2 million cases of chronic malaria in the Mexican lowlands. Malaria …