Themed Lecture Series:
Second Term 2006/2007
Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
London, UK

Histories of the Global Eradication of Smallpox

Organiser: Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharya

Senior managerial and field personnel involved in the smallpox eradication
programme of the 1970s will present their own views of that historic campaign. 
By showcasing the participants’ perspective, this series will offer original
insights into one of the greatest public health achievements of the twentieth
century as it unfolded across the globe.
 
2007


Wednesdays                                                                      
210 Euston Road                                          
                                                                                
1.00 – 2.30 pm                                                                  
London NW1 2BE                                            
           
                          
28 March   Dr. Larry Brilliant (Executive Director, Google Foundation and
Google.org, USA).
                  How we Eradicated Smallpox from India
 
04 April     Dr. Claudio do Amaral (Poliomyelitis National Eradication Programme
Director & Smallpox Eradication Programme Director, Brazil)
      Brazil´s Smallpox Eradication Programme, its consequences and further
developments


Wednesdays                                                                      
183 Euston Road                                          
                                                                                
1.00 – 2.30 pm                                                                              
London NW1 2BE                                   
                  
 
25 April     Dr Isao Arita (Chairman, Agency for Cooperation in International
Health, Japan)
The successful eradication of smallpox and the prospects for disease eradication
efforts in the 21st century
 
02 May      Dr Ciro A de Quadros (President & CEO, and Director of International
Programs, Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute (SVI), Washington DC, USA)
                  The Last Challenge: The Horn of Africa
 
30 May      Professor Donald A Henderson (Professor of Medicine and Public
Health, University of Pittsburgh, and Resident Scholar, Center for Biosecurity,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA)
                  The Global Eradication of Smallpox: Historical perspectives
and future Prospects
 
 
Registration not required
For further information, contact Dr Bhattacharya, sanjoy.bhattacharya@ucl.ac.uk
 
(Posted by Prof. HJ Cook, Director, Wellcome Trust Centre, h.cook@ucl.ac.uk)

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