DA Henderson, Smallpox Eradicator
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Donald Ainslie (D. A.) Henderson, MD, MPH (1928–2016) Smallpox Eradication: Leadership and Legacy
It was said in ancient Greece that when Aeschines spoke the crowd uttered, “What a great orator,” but when Demosthenes spoke they shouted, “Let us march!” Donald Ainslie (D. A. since childhood) Henderson became commanding general of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme in October 1966. To many of the more than 150 000 pox-warriors who marched until ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303477