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The diary is arranged by interview and visit. George K. Strode is an assistant director of the International Health Division who receives Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division program updates from staff members. The dairy documents a sewage experimental station, a visit to Croatia to survey the opening of a school of public health and to examine local public health as well as updates from IHD fellows.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. George K. Strode is an assistant director of the International Health Division working at the Paris Office. The focus of the International Health Division is the control and investigation of specific diseases and to aid state and local health services. Strode receives Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division program updates from staff members and interviews professionals in the field of public health. The diary includes impressions of public health in East Asia and India, and information on yellow fever in Africa.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. George K. Strode is an associate director of the International Health Division working at the New York Office. The focus of the International Health Division is the control and investigation of specific diseases and to aid state and local health services. Strode receives Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division program updates from staff members and interviews professionals in the field of public health. The diary includes information on IHD program work in the Far East, fellowships and observations of Gambiae project in Brazil.

Entrusted with organizing a Malaria Control Program in Trinidad, Dr. Downs records his daily administrative duties, the creation of his laboratory, and the public health initiative that is introduced in Port of Spain. Entries record laboratory activities such as dissecting mosquitoes and identifying local strains of mosquitoes; clinical activities pertaining to the surveillance and treatment of malaria within the local population; and management activities related to the materials, staff, and funds needed to execute the program. During this time period Dr. Downs is stationed in Port of Spain, but also makes visits to neighboring Tobago to review other anti-malaria programs.

As the head of the "Oficina de Especializacion Sanitaria" in Mexico City, Dr. Downs reports daily on the nature of his administrative duties and the development of his scientific investigations. Weekly fieldtrips to Mexican institutes, hospitals, and health centers yield entries on the progress and state of anti-malaria programs across the country. In regards to his scientific work, Dr. Downs includes the results of research conducted on the retention of DDT residual spraying on adobe surfaces; the progress of research associated with the colonies of mosquitoes maintained at the three collecting stations in Xochimilco (maps and schematics of the collecting stations are included); and the process used to identify breeding grounds. Clinical work also continues as Dr. Downs examines schoolchildren for malaria infection records. Final figures of spleen rates are found both within the entries and in a weekly log. Updates on the progress of regional and country-to country DDT spraying are documented as well.

Dr. Downs returns to Port of Spain—after his military tour during World War II—and reports upon the evolution of the anti-malaria programs in both Trinidad and Tobago since his departure. He discusses the slide diagnostic service, bromeliad spraying, and DDT-residual house spraying implemented by the new malaria offices, and makes visits to scientists and staff employed by malaria control programs. After a brief trip to Bogota, Colombia, Dr. Downs leaves Port of Spain and reports to Mexico City in order to assume his new position as head of the Mexican malaria control program: which is already dually funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican Government. Entries record the various public health departments, institutes, hospitals, and laboratories that he visits, as well as all staff —both government and privately employed—with whom he consults on matters regarding malaria and other endemic diseases. Scientific progress and data tables of the malaria control programs are embedded within the text and include frequent updates on the spleen rates of school children surveyed for infection by the malaria parasite.