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Description The WHO smallpox eradication campaign was launched in its intensified form in 1967, and in four years had wiped out smallpox in Latin America. Four more years toppled the disease's last bastion in Asia. The multi-national teams closed in on Somalia, scene of "the last stand". The eradication of smallpox from the world was certified by the Global Commission, an independent panel of scientists drawn from 19 nations, in December 1979 at WHO headquarters, Geneva.

Dr Zhang Yi-hao (China), Deputy Director, National Serum and Vaccine Institute, Beijing (China), and member of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, formally signs the document declaring "that Smallpox has been eradicated in every country in the World".

Asset date 12/01/1979

Country, area, WHO office Switzerland

City Geneva

State/Province Republic and Canton of Geneva

WHO Region EURO

Consent No

File size 446.70 KB

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