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In response to the situation, in 1962 the government of India launched the National Smallpox Eradication Program (NSEP) with a focus on mass vaccination of the population. It poured money into the vaccine manufacturing industry and hired healthcare workers to perform inoculations.
The Disease. Smallpox was caused by a variola virus and was transmit-ted between people through the air. It was usually spread by face-to-face contact with an infected person and to a lesser extent through contaminated clothes and bedding.
13 gru 2020 · To estimate the impact of a smallpox attack in Mumbai, India, examine the impact of case isolation and ring vaccination for epidemic containment and test the health system capacity under different scenarios with available interventions.
From 1967 to 1973, the number of smallpox endemic countries dropped dramatically—from 31 to only five—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Ethiopia. South Asia was a formidable problem and a heavily populated area.
Finding every case. The Government of India threw its full weight behind the National Smallpox Eradication Program. In urban areas, a carefully organized massive publicity campaign was an essential component several days in advance of World Health Organization team visits.
The selected documents illustrate the evolution of the Smallpox Eradication Program in various states of India from 1972 until 1977. The World of Smallpox Smallpox is caused by a highly contagious virus (Variola major) which is spread through person-to-person contact.
Center for Global Development (undated) Case Study 1: Eradicating Smallpox. Available online on their website. The calculations are based on the cost of caring for a smallpox patient ($2.85 in India), a person's economic productivity over their life time and each developing countries' population as well as the estimated number of smallpox cases ...
