Posted by Prof. HJ Cook, [log in to unmask]
Themed Lecture Series:
First Term 2007/2008
Histories of the Global Eradication of Smallpox
Series Two
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 show-casing 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.
Wednesdays 5th Floor Lecture Room
1300 - 1430 The Wellcome Building
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE UK
10 October 2007
William L Aldis MD (Coordinator, Health Policy and Research, WHO Regional
Office
for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India)
'Eradicating Smallpox, Eradicating Polio: the View from Companiganj'
31 October 2007
Stanley O Foster MD, MPH, OBN (WHO Medical Officer Bangladesh 1972-1976,
CDC Smallpox Epidemiologist 1966-1979, Professor of Global Health -
Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, 1994-)
'Community Partnerships in the Eradication of Smallpox from Bangladesh:
Lessons Learned and Continuing Opportunities'
05 December 2007
Alan Schnur, MPH (worked in the smallpox eradication programme at field
level in
Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh and Somalia, 1971-1978; currently working in the
Internal Audit and Evaluation unit at WHO HQ in Geneva)
'Innovation as an Integral Part of Smallpox Eradication: A Field Worker's
Perspective'
Registration not required
Website: <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/>
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