Smallpox eradication campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Smallpox_eradication_campaign
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_policy
gptkbp:commemoratedBy May 8 (World Smallpox Eradication Day)
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:World_Health_Organization
gptkbp:diseaseTargeted gptkb:smallpox
gptkbp:documentedIn WHO archives
gptkbp:endDate 1980
gptkbp:finalCaseDate 1977
gptkbp:finalCaseLocation gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
various national governments
gptkbp:goal eradication of smallpox
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Smallpox eradication campaign
gptkbp:influenced Guinea worm eradication campaign
polio eradication campaign
gptkbp:method mass vaccination
surveillance and containment
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:William_Foege
Donald Henderson
gptkbp:precededBy regional smallpox control programs
gptkbp:region global
gptkbp:result global eradication of smallpox
gptkbp:significance first disease eradicated by human effort
gptkbp:startDate 1967
gptkbp:vaccineType smallpox vaccine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_Nations_World_Health_Organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7