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Health in Panama improved as a result of construction of the Panama Canal because doctors protected laborers by

working to eliminate tropical diseases.
demanding medical education be available.
insisting on more healthcare funding.
working to improve drinking water.

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working to eliminate tropical diseases.

Doctors (notably William C. Gorgas) implemented mosquito-control and sanitation measures that eradicated yellow fever and greatly reduced malaria, protecting canal laborers.