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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.
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.
WHO report on the proposal suggested that eradication could be achieved by vaccinating or revaccinating 80 percent of the people in endemic areas within “four to five years.” The Russian proposal was passed in 1959. Smallpox was a suitable candidate for eradication for several reasons. The disease was passed directly between
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.
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.
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.
Smallpox Eradication in India, 1972-1977. Zero smallpox. In May 1975, the very last case of smallpox was found in India. For the next two years, searches and active surveillance were continued to ensure there were no hidden smallpox pockets.
