Prometheus Books Smallpox | m.d. d. a. henderson

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• For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by therelentless, incurable disease called smallpox.
• In 1967, Dr.
• D.A.
• Henderson became director of a worldwide campaign to eliminate this disease from the face of the earth.
• This spellbinding book is Dr.
• Henderson's personal story of how he led the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox-the only disease in history to have been deliberately eliminated.
• Some have called this feat the greatest scientific and humanitarian achievement of the past century.
• This latest edition features a new introduction by Phillip K.
• Peterson, M.D., in which the infectious diseases expert contends that Dr.
• Henderson's campaign against smallpox may provide insights towards the fight against COVID-19 and future global pandemics.