As we worry about a possible flu pandemic, it is heartening to read about the one germ we did defeat (Image: Prometheus Books) 1969: the Smallpox Eradication and Measles Control Program was underway in Niger, West Africa (Image: CDC / Dr. J. D. Millar) A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of smallpox viruses (Image: CDC / Phanie / Rex Features)
I FIRST met D. A. Henderson at the World ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ Organization’s headquarters in Geneva in 1984, shortly after the ancient scourge of smallpox had been officially eradicated by the campaign that Henderson masterminded. One of the biggest killers in history,…
