Smallpox: The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
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- Jan 1, 2009
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For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpox. In 1967, Dr. D.A....
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Number of Pages: 334
ISBN: 1591027225
ISBN-13: 9781591027225
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Bill Gates @BillGates
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Nov 2, 2014
- Curated in Good disease books (2014)
D.A. Henderson is another hero of the global-health world who worked closely with Bill Foege on eradicating smallpox. By showing people that it really was possible to eradicate a disease, he helped lay the groundwork for the work we’re doing now to get rid of polio (which I’m optimistic will be done in 2018) and malaria.
Bill Gates @BillGates
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Apr 29, 2013
- Curated in Great Books on Science and Innovation