Smallpox eradication

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Eradication by disease
Smallpox

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1832 Indian Vaccination Act of 1832
1967-1972 USAID and Donald Henderson Eradication of Smallpox and Control Measles in Western and Central Africa
1967-1977 USAID International effort that eradicated smallpox throughout the world
1971 Aral smallpox incident
1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak
1977 Smallpox is the first human disease ever to be eradicated.
1977 The World Health Organization started to inject AIDS-laced smallpox vaccine into over 100 million Africans (population reduction) in 1977.
1980 "WHO eradicated small pox in 1980 the first human disease to be eradicated." - John E Lange
1987 London Times - Science Writer declares WHO Smallpox vaccine program connected to AIDS in Africa
2002 The Demon in the Freezer (book)
After about a year Neem Karoli Baba advised Brilliant to eradicate smallpox, a project on which he would spend the next several years.
Brilliant found that Indian officials became more receptive to his efforts when they learned of Neem Karoli Baba's involvement, to which he credits a significant portion of the program's success.
Donald Henderson
Dr. Viktor Zhdanov was a Soviet virologist. He was instrumental in the effort to eradicate smallpox globally.
He (Brilliant) participated, as a medical officer, in the World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program[6] that in 1980 certified the global eradication of smallpox.
Smallpox virus retention debate
The USAID initiative provided an important impetus to a World Health Organization (WHO) program to eradicate smallpox throughout the world within a 10-year period. In 1966, Henderson moved to Geneva to become director of the campaign.
World Health Organization's smallpox eradication program
Zabdiel Boylston

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