Article ID: CBB000931188

Smallpox in Africa during Colonial Rule (2009)

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This study focuses on the efforts at smallpox control and prevention from the 1920s to the end of colonial rule in West, Central and East Africa. These were by far the earliest and for a long time the largest efforts at introducing Western medicine to Africa. To the extent they succeeded, even though not completely, they were a model for further public health efforts, including the WHO eradication campaign. To the extent that they failed, the campaigns offer a lesson for contemporary efforts to reduce, let alone eradicate, diseases in tropical settings.

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Authors & Contributors
Hochman, Gilberto
Bhattacharya, Sanjoy
Palmer, Steven Paul
Martín Espinosa, Noelia María
Ayarzagüena Sanz, Mariano
Sarah Rafferty
Concepts
Public health
Prevention and control of disease
Smallpox
Vaccines; vaccination
Medicine and government
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
Brazil
Africa
United States
India
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNICEF
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
World Bank
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