Smallpox Eradication

Witness: Archive 2010 by BBC

Dec 9, 20109:00Society & Culture

Smallpox was once one of the most feared diseases in the world - disfiguring and often deadly. Donald Henderson is the American doctor who led the fight to rid the world of this terrible disease. His campaign started in...

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