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(2) Acta Tropica 44. 115-116 (1987). Acknowledgments All the papers of this volume were realized with the financial support ofthe Swiss Directorate for Technical Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (SDC Swiss Development Co-operation) and grants from the "R. Geigy-Stiftung zu Gunsten des Schweizerischen Tropeninstituts". The research programme was supported by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania (Director General, Prof. W. L. Kilama) and Research Clearance was granted by the Tanzanian National Scientific Research Council (UTAFITI, Director General Prof. A. S. Msangi) as per Ref. No. NSR/CONF R. C. 29th July 1982 and 19th April 1983 and NSR/RA. 47 of 18th June 1984. The Kilombero Health Research Programme could not have been started and implemented without the untiring, dedicated assistance ofthe field, laboratory and secretarial staff of the Swiss Tropical Institute Field Laboratory, Ifakara (Tanzania), the Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel (Switzerland), the Kilombero District Administration, the District and Regional Party Leaders, the Tanzania Food & Nutrition Centre, the Medical Assistant Training Centre, Ifakara, the St. Francis Designated District Hospital, Ifakara. and the Embassy of Switzerland in Dar-es-Salaam. Special thanks are due to the children, their parents, the schoolteachers and all elders and leaders of Kikwawila village for their good collaboration. We wish to express our gratitude to the village health workers of Kapolo/Kikwawila, Mr. S. Matola, J. Mayeyetu, E. Mlanda, H. Mpungwe and A. Rupia for their great efforts and enthusiasm during the whole programme. Mzee Namkina (former village chairman and great grandson of village founder) introduced us to the study area. His narrative art brought us closer to the community. The block III and IV Medical Assistants students 1982,1983 and 1984) ofthe Medical Assistants Training Centre (MATC) deserve our thanks for their active participation in the various surveys. We sincerely appreciated the support and the numerous discussions, which enabled the realization of the programme; in particular with Prof. W. L. Kilama (NIMR), Dr. A. Magari (Head Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health). Dr. W. Moll (Medical Superintendant, St. Francis Hospital), Dr. G Gomile (Principal MATC, Ifakara), Mrs. O. Yambi (Director of Planning, TFNC), Mrs. E. Tumbo (Area Commissioner, Kilombero District), Lt. Col. I. Mwisongo (Regional Party Chairman, Morogoro). HE Dr. T. Raeber (former Swiss Ambassador to Tanzania), Mr. G. Capt (SDC Coordinator Tanzania), Dr. P. Rosenfield (TDR-Programme WHO Geneva). The enormous efforts and the skillful technical assistance ofthe field and laboratory workers: Mrs. U. Baur, F. Brunner-Wyss, B. Cattelan, P. Deléamont-Meynet, E. Escher, R. Forrer, M. Fuellemann, V. Heussner, H. Hickey-Ziegler, K. Hollander, J. Jenkins, M. Limacher, L. Mwilenga, A. Oettli, R. Rettenmaier, A. Schaer, S. Schneider, S. Steiger; Mr. S. Biringi, D. Doamsi, S. Kaiser, H. Kamote, L. Kihatura, S. Komba, D. Ligoho. A. Mauji, A. Mganda, A. Mtandanguo, S. Mtandanguo are greatfully acknowledged. We also wish to remember with gratitude the late Mr. A. Mwakilasa who has spent countless hours to clean and prepare the laboratory material required for all the surveys. 115.
(3) Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. Ltd. and Smith Kline & French Laboratories kindly provided the drugs for the masstreatment campaigns. Many friends and colleagues have offered their helping hands for the benefit ofthe project: Dr. Ch. Hatz, Dr. A. Burki, Dr. M.-J. Burnier, Mrs. A. Hess, Dr. Ch. Hess, Mrs. D. Marti, Dr. A. Mauderli, Dr. Ch. Mkony, Mr. W. Nüesch, Dr. F. Speiser, Mrs. R. Schelling, Mr. D. Schelling, Dr. H. Suter, Mrs. S. Tanner, Dr. M. Wall, Mr. W. Wirz. We cannot overstate the great efforts made by Mrs. R. Itin, E. Zehnder, and Dr. A. Zumstein who ensured the steady supply of laboratory material, spare parts, literature and documentation. Finally, we sincerely thank Mrs. M. Gelzer, J. Jenkins, N. Soder, Dr. M. Schneider and Mrs. Ch. Wenger for typing and correcting the manuscripts and for drawing the graphs. They enormously helped us to finalize the papers in time.. 116.
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