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Summary

Country Last endemic case Importations during SEP Certification Method Document
China, People's Rep 1961 None Dec 1969 Visit and detailed country report WHO/SE/79.152
Kampuchea (Cambodia)* 1959 None Dec 1979 Detailed report prepared by WHO Western Pacific Regional Office WHO/SE/79.152
Lao People's Dem Rep (Laos)** 1953 None 7 Dec 1978 Visit and detailed country report WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21
Tibet 1961 None 1979 Visit and expert report WHO/SE/79.151
Viet Nam 7 Dec 1978 Visit and detailed country report WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21

* Cambodia was renamed the People's Republic of Kampuchea in 1989.

** Laos was renamed the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

China

Year Title Authors Source
HISTORICAL
1980 Smallpox in Mongolia during the Ming and Ching dynasties Serruys H Zentralasiat Stud 1980 14:41-63
1981 The eradication of smallpox in Shanghai, China, October 1950-July 1951 Hui X, Yutu J Bull World Health Organ 1981 59(6):913-7 OPEN
1988Outbreaks of smallpox due to variolation in China, 1962-1965. [Introduction by DA Henderson] Jiang Y, Ma J, Xiahou GAm J Epidemiol 1988 128(1): 39-45
SMALLPOX ERADICATION PROGRAMME
1979 Special report on smallpox and its eradication in Yunnan Province, China Dept of Health, Yunnan Province SME/79.10 PDF
1979 Report on a visit to the People's Republic of China to consider matters relating to the certification of smallpox eradication, 14-30 July 1979 F Fenner, JG Breman SME/79.11 PDF
1979 Smallpox eradication in China. Report submitted to WHO, 31 Jul 1979 Govt of People's Rep of China WHO/SE/79.142 Rev 1 PDF
1979 Supplementary information to the report on smallpox eradication in China Govt of People's Rep of China GC.WP/79.5 PDF
1978 Final Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Dec 1979 WHO/SE/79.152 PDF

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

Year Title Authors Source
1967 Smallpox Surveillance Report Draft 2 Dec 1967. (Prepared but not distributed)
Assessment survey—Laos
T Phetsiriseng, S Falkland SE/SR/67.2:20-1 PDF
1978 Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, 1st meeting, 4-7 December 1978 WHO/SE/78.132:7,21 PDF

Autonomous Region of Tibet in the People's Rep of China

Year Title Authors Source
1979 Smallpox eradication in the Autonomous Region of Tibet in the People's Republic of China Govt of People's Rep of China WHO/SE/79.151 PDF

Viet Nam

Year Title Authors Source
1978 Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication--Socialist Republic of Viet Nam SME/78.26
Annex 6
PDF
1978 Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Ministry of Health, Viet Nam and WHO WHO/SE/78.133 PDF
1978 Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, 1st meeting, 4-7 December 1978 WHO/SE/78.132:7,21 PDF