981. In Africa, eradication campaign was accomplished by a kind of cooperation that transcended all language barriers and local traditions Subject(s): World Health Organization
982. This was smallpox. The world will never again witness the suffering that was caused by the various virus Subject(s): World Health Organization
983. Positive reactions from two vaccinations leave visible scars on the arm of a little boy in Bangladesh. They are his guarentee against a diease which might otherwise have killed or blinked him Subject(s): BangladeshChildWorld Health Organization
984. The last case of smallpox on the Asian sub-continent, discovered on 16 October 1975, was a little girl living in Bangladesh. This was also the last known case of the more virulent form of smallpo, variola major Subject(s): BangladeshChildWorld Health Organization
985. Filling the vaccine bottles before freeze-drying, one of the final steps in smallpox vaccine production. The freeze-drying process ensures stability of the vaccine at any temperature Subject(s): Smallpox VaccineWorld Health Organization
986. Those who survived smallpox carried scars for the rest of their lives. Surveys of such pockmarks helped determine when the diease has lost occured in a certain area Subject(s): World Health Organization
987. [Shitala Mata, Indian goddess of smallpox] Subject(s): Religion and MedicineWorld Health Organization
988. [Sopona, god of smallpox, worshipped by the Yorubas of Nigeria] Subject(s): Religion and MedicineNigeriaWorld Health Organization
989. In Ivory Coast, the hanged bird was a macabre warning to travellers: " We have smallpox in this village- stay away". [of the presence of smallpox] Subject(s): SymbolismWorld Health Organization
990. Smallpox eradication campaign in Uganda Subject(s): MothersMother-Child RelationsInfant, NewbornWorld Health Organization