Abstract
A momentous act, regarded as impossible by many, occurred in May, 1980. The World Health Assembly, hosted by WHO in Geneva, certified that smallpox had been eradicated globally. The end of a damaging disease was celebrated in many medical, political, and scientific quarters; it was a recognition of the fact that future generations were now free of the pain, death, and mutilation that variola had inflicted in the past.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1602-1603 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | The Lancet |
| Volume | 375 |
| Issue number | 9726 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 May 2010 |
Keywords
- Smallpox eradication
- Smallpox vaccination
- Global health
- International health
- Variola
- Vaccines
- Expanded Programme on Immunization
- Vaccination