International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation (1933)

The International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation (1933) was signed at The Hague on 12 April 1933 (without a conference) and came into force on 1 August 1935 to protect communities against diseases liable to be imported by aircraft and to protect air crew against diseases due to flying. It contained a number of regulations consisting of measures to prevent the spread of plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus and smallpox. Service aircraft were included in March 1939 and it was amended in Washington on 15 December 1944 and came into force on 15 January 1945.[1][2][3][4][5]

References
  1. Stock, P. G. (24 May 1946). "Progress and Problems in Port Health Administration". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 39 (10): 660–672. doi:10.1177/003591574603901015.
  2. Whittingham, H. E. (March 1939). "Preventive Medicine in Relation to Aviation". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 32 (5): 455–472. doi:10.1177/003591573903200533. ISSN 0035-9157. PMC 1997529. PMID 19991846.
  3. "International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation". The American Journal of International Law. 31 (1): 28–50. 1937. doi:10.2307/2213596. ISSN 0002-9300.
  4. Byrns, Joseph W. (1932). Treasury Department Appropriation Bill for 1933: Hearing[s] Before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in Charge of the Treasury Department Appropriation Bill for 1933. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 512.
  5. United States Naval Medical Bulletin. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1943. p. 119.

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