|ChemSpiderID=2928 |SMILES=Clc1ccc(cc1)C(c2ccc(Cl)cc2)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl}} |Section2= In 1955, the World Health Organization commenced a program to eradicate malaria worldwide, relying largely on DDT. The program was initially highly successful, eliminating the disease in "Taiwan, much of the Caribbean, the Balkans, parts of northern Africa, the northern region of Australia, and a large swath of the South Pacific" and dramatically reducing mortality in Sri Lanka and India. The program was successful i… (More on Ddt)