Before the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme commenced, in many countries. d Before global eradication proposed, in several countries. e But since 1985 considerable help provided by UNICEF, the World Bank, and others. 1. Theabsenceof an animal reservoir; ...
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Henderson; members of the former Smallpox Eradication Committee; headquarters and regional WHO staff; statue donors; and individuals who participated on the ground in smallpox vaccination campaigns attended the ceremony. WHO unveils statue commemorating 30th anniversary of smallpox eradication More results...
(1400–1800) European fatalities routinely in excess of 500,000 per year Variolation introduced to Europe Vaccination introduced by Jenner Mass production of vaccina in calf skin WHO intensified eradication programme initiated Last smallpox fatality (laboratory accident, Birmingham, United Kingdom) IOM...
In 1967, the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme started with a more stringent line of action and ring vaccinations were conducted: the identification of new cases was enhanced by the training of health care workers, smallpox patients were isolated, and close contacts were identified and ...
The Hom of Africa, embracing the Ogaden region of Ethiopia and Somalia, was one of the last few smallpox ridden areas of the world when the WHO-sponsored Smallpox Eradication Programme (SEP) got underway there in 1971. Many of the 25 million inhabitants, mostly farmers and nomads living ...
"Smallpox eradication in the Americas". Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization. 9 (1): 53–68. PMID 167890. ^ a b c Fenner F, Henderson DA, Arita I, Ježek Z, Ladnyi ID (1988). "Chapter 9: Development of the Global Smallpox Eradication Programme, 1958–1966" (PDF). ...
The story of smallpox, the f and,so far, the only disease to be permanenty eradicated from the world, shows how disease eradicationcan happen and wh tisso difcutt achieve.Smallpox emerged in human popuaion thousand of years ago as a contagious vius thatspreadrapidly, primariythrough close...
Most of the chapters are devoted to describing his introduction of vaccination, its spread and its successes, finishing with the eradication campaign, which depended on it. More generally, the trials and tribulations of vaccination also feature in the book. Britain is currently having trouble with ...
was one of the last few smallpox ridden areas of the world when the WHO—sponsored Smallpox Eradication Programme (SEP)got underway there in 1971. Many of the 25 million inhabitants, mostly farmers and nomads living in a wilderness of desert, bush and mountains, already had smallpox. The ...