PART 2.1

PART 2.1

To apply the surveillance and containment strategy, it was necessary to know where the smallpox virus was, which villages had active cases of smallpox. The struggle against smallpox could not be won without knowing where the enemy was and what it was doing. But India did not have accurate surveillance data. Many villages with active cases had not been reported.

FEATURING

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

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