Lessons from the eradication of smallpox: an interview with D. A. Henderson |
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| Authors: | D. A. Henderson Petra Klepac |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Center for Health Security, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA;2.Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;3.Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK |
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| Abstract: | It has been more than 35 years since the last naturally occurring case of smallpox. Sufficient time has passed to allow an objective overview of what were the key factors in the success of the eradication effort and what lessons smallpox can offer to other campaigns. Professor D. A. Henderson headed the international effort to eradicate smallpox. Here, we present a summary of D. A. Henderson''s perspectives on the eradication of smallpox. This text is based upon the Unither Baruch Blumberg Lecture, delivered by D. A. Henderson at the University of Oxford in November 2012 and upon conversations and correspondence with Professor Henderson. |
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| Keywords: | smallpox disease eradication interview poliomyelitis guinea worm |
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