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22. 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
23. A moment of discomfort - but it will ensure that he will never suffer: the wasting disease of tuberculosis. Vaccination must be a regular feature of child care, preferably under a program which forms an integral part of any country's health services
24. Childhood tuberculosis is a slow, insidious disease. This vietnamese boy is getting his BCG vaccube protection against it
25. Yaws is the disease of poverty and filth: the first victims are always the children
26. A single injection of long-acting penicillin cures yaws (before)
27. A single injection of long-acting penicillin cures yaws (after)
28. The shadow of obesity hangs over this boy's childhood
29. This little Ghanaian child is one of the lucky ones - her mother was able to bring her to [the] hospital. Communicable diseases such as whooping cough and measles are reponsible for 30 per cent of certified deaths and 60 percent of hospital admissions in Ghana. But very few of the children who catch measles ever reach a hospital
30. A throat operation kept alive this little Indonesian victim of diphtheria - still one of the lethal communicable diseases
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