Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Health Equity Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills Brian Tolleson Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Health Equity Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills Brian Tolleson

PART 9.1

An effective vaccine for preventing smallpox had been discovered and tested by 1796. And by the 1970’s widespread vaccination resulted in most people in rich countries being vaccinated and almost completely protected. Smallpox was actually eliminated from developed countries in the 1970s. But the burden of smallpox was inequitably distributed. People in some poor countries remained vulnerable and faced high risks of mortality from smallpox. It was within the poorest communities that smallpox was spread.

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