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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.
8 maj 2010 · The first time I visited India, in early 1975, I had a routine smallpox vaccination. Later that year, after a massive vaccination campaign, India was finally declared free from smallpox, then Bangladesh. Only Africa was still reporting cases.
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.
21 mar 2024 · Smallpox is an acute, contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus, in the Poxviridae family (see the image below). Virologists have speculated that it...
2 gru 2019 · Claiming over 300 million lives in the 20th century alone, smallpox killed 3 out every 10 person it infected. Thanks to women like Mary Guinan and Cornelia E Davis, India was able to rid itself of the disease.
Smallpox is an infectious and sometimes fatal disease caused by the Variola major virus. There is no known cure but vaccination can prevent the development and spread of the disease. Generally, direct and fairly prolonged face-to-face contact is required to spread smallpox from one person to another.
In December 1976 and January 1977, a National Commission (including World Health Organization epidemiologists) visited all States and Union Territories of India, except the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and scrutinized program activities.
