PUBHLTH 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Smallpox Vaccine, Edward Jenner, Smallpox
19 Oct 2016
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One of the most famous public health success stories. Transmitted through face to face contact/contaminated objects. 30% of population that was infected died. In 1966, 15 million people in 50 countries were infected. 1798 smallpox vaccine created by edward jenner. 1950s mass production of vaccine without refrigeration. 1959-1965 who adopts proposal to eradicate smallpox via compulsory vaccination. Smallpox eradication unit (seu) effectively supplies vaccines and specimen kits. 1977 somalia was the last endemic case of smallpox in the world. 1980 who declared smallpox the first disease in history to have been eradicated. 1971 smallpox was eliminated in latin america. 1975 smallpox was eliminated in asia. 1967-1979 annual cost of the eradication campaign was million. Smallpox eradication is one of the best values in health interventions ever achieved. Low and middle income countries suffered economic losses related to smallpox of about billion each year. Success accredited to the who and us cdc partnership.
