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The World Health Organization (WHO) played a crucial role in the global effort to eradicate smallpox. Launched in 1967, the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Program employed widespread vaccination campaigns and surveillance strategies to control the disease. This concerted effort culminated in the successful declaration of smallpox eradication in 1980, marking it as the first disease to be eliminated worldwide through human intervention.
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What organization is responsible for the virtual eradication of smallpox?
Daniel Boon
What disease helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec?
SmallPox
What disease helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec's?
SmallPox
What disease helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?
SmallPox
How did technology help treat smallpox?
Technology helped Smallpox because they invented the needle to cure it with, at least that's what my primary school teacher taught me!! Yeah i think they did invent the needle because a young boy was tried out with it first to see if it would work.
The plight of smallpox helped defeat the rebellion of what man?
Smallpox infected blankets were used to defeat the Native American opposition to conquest. The Native Americans had no natural immunity to smallpox.
What organization is responsible for virtual eradication of smallpox from the planet?
The World Health Organization (WHO) is responsible for the global eradication of smallpox, achieved through an extensive vaccination campaign. The last natural outbreak occurred in 1977, and in 1980, WHO officially declared smallpox eradicated. This successful eradication remains a significant achievement in public health history.
How many people contract smallpox a year?
Smallpox was eradicated by 1980 due to the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign, so none.
What animal helped edward Jenner discover the smallpox vaccine- coes pigs or sheep?
cows
The only disease to be eradicated worldwide was?
diseases eradication is very difficult but pox (variole in french) has been eradicated
How can a person get smallpox?
Smallpox was spread by inhaling the airborne virus, by direct contact with infected persons, and in some cases, by the virus being on bedding. After a program of vaccinations, the World Health Organization has announced that smallpox has been eliminated- first disease ever eliminated. Nobody gets it now. Roosters and chickens do not carry smallpox- it was a humans only disease.
Is smallpox curable or preventable and how is it?
Smallpox can be prevented in the vast majority of cases with a vaccine. Vaccination can be protective for up to several days after exposure to smallpox. Smallpox has been prevented through the effective Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme, initiated by the World Health Organization. On 26 July 1978, WHO announced the eradication of the smallpox strain Variola Minor. The more deadly strain, Variola Major, had been eradicated several years earlier, in 1975. While some other treatments available in the US today might treat smallpox infection, none have been fully (if at all) tested against smallpox.
