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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.
Eradication-a panel of sixteen experts on smallpox eradication-visited India to review data and observe search activities in the slum areas, remote accessible areas, and recently endemic areas in the country. On April 23, 1977, the commission certified that smallpox had been eradicated from India.
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.
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.
17 maj 2023 · This inaugural case study examines the motivations and mechanisms of joint U.S.-Soviet efforts in smallpox eradication in the 1960s and 1970s.
1 gru 2020 · The impact of a smallpox epidemic may be severe in Mumbai, especially compared with high-income settings, but can be reduced with early diagnosis and rapid response, high rates of case finding and isolation and ring vaccination.
This case describes the World Health Organization’s global campaign to eradicate smallpox with the creation of the Expanded Program on Immunization which still exists as of 2016. This case study is part of Millions Saved, a collection of case studies produced by the Center for Global Develo…
