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题名/责任者:

House on fire : the fight to eradicate smallpox / William H. Foege.

出版发行项:

Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, [2011]

ISBN:

9780520268364

ISBN:

0520268369

载体形态项:

xxi, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

其他载体形态:

Online version: Foege, William H., 1936- House on fire. Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2011 9780520948891

丛编说明:

California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 21

丛编统一题名:

California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 21.

个人责任者:

Foege, William H., 1936- author.

个人名称主题:

Foege, William H.,-1936-

论题主题:

Smallpox.

论题主题:

Smallpox-History-20th century.

论题主题:

Physicians-Biography.

论题主题:

Public health personnel-Biography.

中图法分类号:

R511.3

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.

内容附注:

A loathsome disease -- A succession of mentors -- Practicing public health in Nigeria -- Fire line around a virus -- Extinguishing smallpox in a time of war -- Under the rule of variola -- Unwarranted optimism -- A gorgeous coalition -- Rising numbers, refining strategy -- Water on a burning house -- Smallpox zero.

摘要附注:

"A story of courage and risk-taking, House on Fire tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Part autobiography, part mystery, the story is told by a man who was one of the architects of a radical vaccination scheme that became a key strategy in ending the horrible disease when it was finally contained in India. In House on Fire, William H. Foege describes his own experiences in public health and details the remarkable program that involved people from countries around the world in pursuit of a single objective: eliminating smallpox forever. Rich with the details of everyday life, as well as a few adventures, House on Fire gives an intimate sense of what it is like to work on the ground in some of the world's most impoverished countries -- and tells what it is like to contribute to programs that really do change the world"--Dust jacket.

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