It also gave health services for wives, widows, and children who had been infected because of the study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was given responsibility for the program, where it remains today in the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. Tuskegee experiment gains widespread support. Rosenwald Fund provides monies to develop schools, factories, businesses, and agriculture. 1915 Booker T. Washington Dies, Robert Motin continues work.
Health is seen as inhibiting development and major health initiative is started.
Syphilis is seen as major health problem. Prevalence of 35 percent observed in reproductive age population. 1929 Aggressive treatment approach initiated with Mercury and Bismith. Cure rate is less than 30 percent, treatment requires months and side effects are toxic, sometimes fatal. 1929 Wall Street Crash Economic Depression begins.