Smallpox Eradication Program
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:public_policy
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Global Smallpox Eradication Programme
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gptkbp:coordinates |
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
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gptkbp:endDate |
1980
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gptkbp:finalCaseDate |
1977
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gptkbp:finalCaseLocation |
gptkb:Somalia
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gptkbp:finalCaseReported |
Ali Maow Maalin
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gptkbp:fundedBy |
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
member states of WHO |
gptkbp:goal |
eradication of smallpox
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Smallpox Eradication Program
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gptkbp:impact |
saved millions of lives
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gptkbp:keyFigure |
gptkb:William_Foege
Donald Henderson |
gptkbp:legacy |
model for future disease eradication efforts
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gptkbp:method |
mass vaccination
surveillance and containment |
gptkbp:notableAchievement |
first disease eradicated by human effort
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gptkbp:officialDeclarationDate |
May 8, 1980
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gptkbp:precededBy |
regional smallpox control programs
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gptkbp:region |
global
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gptkbp:result |
eradication of smallpox
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gptkbp:startDate |
1966
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Donald_Ainslie_Henderson
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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