Smallpox Eraducation Archives

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Summary

Country Last endemic case Importations during SEP Certification Method Document
Burundi 1970 None post-1970 30 Jun 1977 International Commission AFR/Smallpox/86
Kenya 1969 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977 19 Oct 1979 International Commission WHO/SE/79.149
Rwanda 1970 None post-1970 30 Jun 1977 International Commission AFR/Smallpox/86
Tanzania 1970 None post-1970 29 Mar 1978 International Commission AFR/Smallpox/87
Uganda 1968 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 27 Oct 1978 International Commission AFR/Smallpox/88

Burundi

Year Title Authors Source
1969 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 28, 25 Jul 1969 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 44(30):469-74 PDF
1977 Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Central Africa: Burundi SE/CAC/77.1
1977 Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, United Republic of Cameroon, Zaire AFR/Smallpox/86

Kenya

Year Title Authors Source
1968 Studies of smallpox vaccination by bifurcated needles in Kenya Ladnyi ID SE/68.7 PDF
1968 Inter-Country Smallpox Eradication Seminar. Kinshasa, Dem Rep Congo, 19-26 Nov 1968
– Status of smallpox eradication activities: Kenya SE/68.18 PDF
1969 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 28, 25 Jul 1969
Eastern Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 1966-69		 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 44(30):469-74 PDF
1971 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 56, 16 Apr 1971 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 46(16):158-60 PDF
1977 WER. Intense surveillance. Five cases found WHO WER 11 Feb 1977 52(6):62-3 PDF
1977 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 132, 4 Mar 1977 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 52(9):85-8 PDF
1977 Plan of operations. First Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 14-16 Mar 1977. [Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan] WHO WER 1 Apr 1977 52(13):120-1 PDF
1977 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 134, 10 Jun 1977 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 52(23):193-5 PDF
1977 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 135, 22 Jul 1977 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 52(29):240-2 PDF
1977 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 137, 7 Oct 1977
Second Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 26-28 Sep 1977. [Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan]		 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 52(40):371-21 PDF
1977 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 138, 9 Dec 1977 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 52(49):389-91 PDF
1978 Recommendations of the Third Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, 17-19 April 1978 [Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen (Dem Rep); Somalia, Yemen Arab Rep could not attend] SME/78.7 PDF
1978 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 143, 4 Aug 1978
Progress towards certification		 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 53(31):229-32 PDF
1979 Smallpox in Kenya, 1880-1920 Dawson MH Soc Sci Med Med Anthropol 1979 13B(4):245-50
1979 Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication. Min of Health, Kenya; WHO WHO/SE/79.141 PDF
1979 Joint meeting of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication from the Horn of Africa and the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 1979
– Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Kenya, 1-19 October 1979 WHO/SE/79.149 PDF
– Joint Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Countries of the Horn of Africa, Nairobi, 26 October 1979 WHO/SE/79.150 PDF

Rwanda

Year Title Authors Source
1970 Combined BCG and smallpox vaccination (A field trial in Rwanda) Heyworth B J Trop Pediatr 1970 16(1):17-9
1977 Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Central Africa: Rwanda SE/CAC/77.7
1977 Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, United Republic of Cameroon, Zaire AFR/Smallpox/86

Tanzania, United Republic

Year Title Authors Source
1968 Status of smallpox eradication activities: Tanzania
Inter-Country Smallpox Eradication Seminar. Kinshasa, Dem Rep Congo, 19-26 Nov 1968		 SE/68/10 PDF
1969 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 28: 25 Jul 1969 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 30:469-74 PDF
1978 Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Tanzania SE/SEAC/78.3A, 3B
1978 Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia AFR/Smallpox/87

Uganda

Year Title Authors Source
1968 Status of smallpox eradication activities: Uganda
Inter-Country Smallpox Eradication Seminar. Kinshasa, Dem Rep Congo, 19-26 Nov 1968		 SE/68/12 PDF
1969 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 28, 25 Jul 1969
Eastern Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 1966-69. Outbreak: Malawi		 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 44(30):469-74 PDF
1970 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 40, 17 Apr 1970
Importation: Uganda		 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 45(16):177-85 PDF
1978 Smallpox Surveillance Report No. 143, 4 Aug 1978
Progress towards certification: Uganda		 Smallpox unit, WHO WER 53(31):229-32 PDF
1978 Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Uganda SE/UGA/78.1A, 1B
1978 Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Uganda AFR/Smallpox/88