World Health Organization smallpox eradication campaign

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_policy
gptkbp:declaredEradicatedBy World Health Assembly
gptkbp:declaredEradicatedDate 1980-05-08
gptkbp:diseaseTargeted gptkb:smallpox
gptkbp:endDate 1980
gptkbp:finalCaseDate 1977
gptkbp:finalCaseLocation gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:goal eradication of smallpox
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label World Health Organization smallpox eradication campaign
gptkbp:method mass vaccination
surveillance and containment
gptkbp:notablePerson Donald Henderson
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:World_Health_Organization
gptkbp:region global
gptkbp:result global eradication of smallpox
gptkbp:significance first disease eradicated by human effort
gptkbp:startDate 1966
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lister_strain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7