PART 1.1

PART 1.1

STORY A

The risk of smallpox was accepted as just an unfortunate part of life. Getting sick was a person’s fate. But in the late 1700s, Dr. Edward Jenner saw things differently and applied a “cause and effect” mindset. After years of observation, he was convinced that having cowpox protected people from contracting smallpox.

Story B

In 1967, long after smallpox had been eradicated in most high- and middle-income countries, it was still running rampant in India. But despite several years of mass immunization campaigns, smallpox was still affecting the poorest and most vulnerable people in rural villages, continuing to spread in the poorest areas of the country.

FEATURING

Dr. Jim Kim, President (2012-2019), World Bank

Dr. Bill Foege, Senior Advisor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Susmita Parashar, Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine