Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980. The risk of death after contracting the disease was about 30%, with higher rates among babies. Often those who survived had extensive scarring of their skin, and some were left blind.The initial symptoms of the disease included fever and vomiting. This was followed by formation of ulcers in the mouth and a skin rash. Over a number of …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023
The State of the World’s Children is an annual report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) since the year 1980. Each edition aims to promote awareness on key …
chest pain, even death. Until then, diseases like smallpox, measles and polio frequently ravaged large … and progress in immunization. That same year, smallpox was finally declared eradicated, demonstrating … disability. Immunization has led to the eradication of smallpox, a disfiguring and often fatal disease that in …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2020 English
This collection of essays is “part reflections, part analyses, and part reportages” on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, with a focus on migrant workers.The book’s editor, Ranabir …
that took their toll on humankind - tuberculosis, smallpox, Ebola, AIDS - have been defeated by modern medicine …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2019 English
"Witness to Marvels traces the development of a unique genre of Sufi-inspired Bengali romances called pir kathas, whose protagonists and plots are wholly fictive. For five centuries these fabulations have …
the goddess Śitalā was eulogized to reign over smallpox and other eruptive ailments, skin diseases such …
LC: Library of Congress · 2018 English
Includes statistical tables. Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-65). Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 24, 2020).
statistics; and specific diseases like malaria, TB and smallpox. The report classified its recommendations into …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2013 English
Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Address as of February 20, 2015: http://www.cpalanka.org/a-critique-hivaids-and-the-legal-and-policy-framework-in-sri-lanka/ System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Online resource; title from PDF …
Diseases! Ordinance" provides" that" every" case" of" smallpox," cholera" or" other"disease,"which"may"from" … "visJàJvis"other"contagious"diseases"such"as" smallpox" and" cholera." Such" distinctions" are" important" …
LC: Library of Congress · 2011 English
"This 76-page report documents the hurdles that children with disabilities face in obtaining a quality education in Nepal. Some children with disabilities experience abuse and neglect at home and in …
WATCH | AUGUST 2011 Diseases such as typhoid, smallpox, and meningitis were reported as the main causes …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 September 2010 English
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published the first Annual Report to the People on Health in September 2010. The report’s objective was to examine critical macro-level issues related …
health system constraints, contagious diseases like smallpox and Yaws and Leprosy nearly eliminated. Polio … Leptospirosis HIV/ AIDS Novel H1N1 Infections Eradicated : Smallpox , Guinea worm Eliminated: Yaws, Leprosy 18 Part …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2009 English
Includes bibliographical references (page 45). Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Address as of 06/06/2013: http://lib.icimod.org/record/8024/files/attachment_668.pdf System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Title from PFD file as …
communication systems, engulfing of villages, smallpox, cholera, Kala-Azar, snakebites, large-scale deaths …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 June 2007 English
The World Health Organization published this paper – International Health Regulations (2005): Areas of work for implementation – in June 2007, to guide States in implementing the International Health Regulations …
yellow fever, haemorrhagic fevers, plague and smallpox) through the development and implementation of … severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) o smallpox ii. programmes addressing diseases that have …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 January 2007 English
This article from the Economic and Political Weekly, a peer-reviewed journal, examines the political motivations that have historically shaped India’s public health services. It says that while the state was …
have been very much at the forefront during the smallpox eradication programme of the 1970s [Naraindas …
