On his arrival, Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas. He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military, which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; and introduced the first modern quarantine system in Greece, which brought diseases such as typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery under control for the first time since the start of the War of Independence.
On his arrival Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; and introduced the first modern quarantine system in Greece which brought diseases such as typhoid fever cholera and dysentery under control for the first time since the start of the War of Independence